tysteel wrote:
Hello everyone,

I have an old computer I'd like to upgrade from Windows 98.
Unfortunately, it seems that a lot of applications and add-ons no
longer support 98, so I'm interested in upgrading the computer OS,
rather than just throwing it away.

The computer is a Hewlett Packard Pavilion, and it has 46MB ram. It
was purchased back in 1998, but surprisingly it still runs great.

What could I upgrade it to.....what OS package should I seek out?
I've read the requirements of XP, and it's required that you need to
at least have 64 MB ram minimum?

Is there any current OS system out there that should be able to
install with my computer's specifications?

thanks



Realistically you need an absolute minimum of 256 megs of RAM for XP
and a 400 mhz cpu to run XP...
though even double those specs and that's just barely enough to run it
decently.

Damn Small Linux will run on that machine,
though you should still bump the RAM up to 64 megs.

Otherwise, just stick with win98...it's still a usable OS