Windows 2000 on a 650MHz machine?

[steeve]

I have an old Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 650MHz 128 MB RAM which I use occasionally. It's currently running Win 98 which it does OK except it's a bit like working in slow motion. The uses I put it to are not very demanding.

My question...would it be a worthwhile exercise to upgrade Win 2000? The reason being that there are a couple of apps I would like to use which don't run on 98.

Would 2000 run alright, bearing in mind the light duty uses?

Would appreciate some opinions.

 

[kimsland]

Minimum Specs for Windows 2000
http://www.windowsreinstall.com/install/tips/win2k/windows_2000_professional.htm

Not sure if Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 has all the drivers for 2000
Just check on their website first

 

[Didou]

Windows 2000 would work decently on it & would even work very well if you could upgrade the memory to 256MB.

 

[SNGX1275]

2000 would be fine on it. When I was in college a good friend of mine was running it on a 266 (or was it 233) pentium 2. With 128 megs of ram. The boot up time is painfully slow, but the good thing about 2000 is you almost never have to reboot.

 

[Boogityboo04]

I used 2000 on a 266 mhz machine with 128 mb of RAM for several years and never had any trouble.

 

[steeve]

Thanks for these encouraging comments. It's good to hear. Maybe I will upgrade the ram. The drivers are available.

 

[kimsland]

Thread Solved, To be Closed

 

[Didou]

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