"KB" wrote in message
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Be sure that your system's compatible with XP. Valuable information can
be found here = http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316639 You'll especially
find the Upgrade Advisor useful =
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...g/advisor.mspx

Note that despite their recommendation of 128MB RAM, I'd run, IMHO, 512MB
minimum.

Having been a strong advocate of ME for many years, I've not been
dissapointed with XP which took over a year to throw up an error message.
Note that I didn't upgrade but bought a new system due to hardware
incompatibility with the old system.

They recommend 128MB? It does run OK on 128MB. I believe it does run on
64MB though.
Of course 512MB is nicer, but so is 2GB. The more RAM you give it, the
smoother it will run. If you do anything that uses much RAM, it will just
use the swap file if it runs out. Just make sure you keep enough free HD
space.
Same goes for any OS. Win98 can run on 16MB, Vista can run on 1GB maybe
even less. The more you get, the smoother they run.
If you increase any one component past a certain point, you just shift the
bottleneck. Any one piece can be the weakest link for performance (CPU,
RAM, video speed, video RAM, BUS, HD...).