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>>> I'm thinking of purchasing the Windows Update to XP Professional for
>>> my Gateway Desktop...which is about six years old. I have Windows
>>> ME right now, and there is only 128 MB. Is that enough to run it?
>>> The wesite says it is, by I've heard from friends that it runs slow
>>> and some things don't work right without at least 256 MB of Ram.
>>>
>>> Can I update with 128 without any problems?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Email is LMB430(removethis)@nyu.edu
>>
>> It will run though slow. I'd recommend 256 MB of RAM minimal and 512
>> optimal for most users. Remember RAM is meant to be used - so if you
>> have 12 MB free you're using it well. I personally don't have the
>> same ideas as you and as such don't own a single system with less
>> than 1 GB of RAM though your motherboard will not support that much
>> probably. It's nearing a time when the price of upgrading is close
>> enough to considering buying new. Consider that as well.
>>
>> --
>> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
>> http://dts-l.org/
>>
>> "My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces
>> of existence." - Sherlock Holmes
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>> Thanks--how can I add ram to a computer for cheap?
I'm going to guess - and this is a guess but I'm willing to wager 10 pushups
that it's right - you will get along okay with PC100 SDRAM 128 MB stick(s)
for your PC. The price is dirt cheap these days compared to the memory
prices of yore. I'd suggest
www.pricewatch.com as a method to search for the
RAM for cheap prices. Make sure that you ensure that the vendor has a
warranty policy as RAM has been known to come down the line with bugs and
even if it's been tested it doesn't actually mean it's working. (Such is a
problem with any RAM vendor, manufacturer, and is just a fact of life.) The
rating and size is a guess. The age of your PC suggest that you might be
able to get 256 MB chips to work in it. I've had XP installed on boards with
CPUs as low as a PII 300 MHz and an AMD K6 350 so you're likely beyond those
specs. (No, those wouldn't be my systems of choice and was done for testing
early on.) In all cases the RAM really makes the most difference.
While you're there, if you're able to, and if you have on-board video than
it's a good idea to grab a dirt cheap video card too. For a system that old
I would say that any video card costing more than $20 USD would be too
expensive. Chances are that you have an AGP slot - it'd be above all the
others on the board and would be smaller and is often green or brown but
almost always a different color... (I don't suppose you know the numbers off
your board perhaps? I'd be able to give you more information and more
accurate information that way... Better yet if you know what your PC can
take it'd be great to share that information with me.)
A quick look shows PC100 SDRAM 128 MB coming in at under $15 dollars per
stick.
Also on the site I found an nVidia GeForce2 MX for under twenty clams. 32
MB, AGP 4x which is about right for the age of your PC, and at least one of
them has a TV out.
So, assuming you say to heck with it and your motherboard will support it
and head for 2x256 MB RAM... That's $60 USD... Add $20 USD for the video
card to offload some resources and you'd be in pretty good shape. Not too
bad considering the prices that this stuff once was.
--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes
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