On 3/30/02 "S. Bibb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i'm new to the list, so please bear with me. ... she really only uses it for 2 > things: surfing the web/ordering online, and dialing into our corporate > network to retrieve office email. because of the online shopping and other > concerns, i'd like to get her at least to os 8.1, netscape 4.7 and ie 5. i'm > reading conflicting documentation about minimum system requirements (i was > about to attempt a download of 8.1 updater). ...PLEASE GIVE ME A CLUE! or two! > here's what she has: powerpc 603ev @ 180 mhz; os 8; 48 mb memory; largest > unused block of 35.3 mb. she won't need ANYTHING fancy or extra beyond the > base os, except the ability to dial in past our firewall at work to retrieve > work email. sorry to be wordy, but the two obvious questions are: 1) does > this 2400 have enough juice to download, install AND run os 8.1, and 2) are > there any screaming gotchas? thank you so much for your help. > 1. Yes, runs 8.1 well (I just loaded OS 8.1 for wife's friend on a 40 mb ram 604e-166 mhz/7300 last week to do exactly the same things). 2. No, at least 8.1 is needed for Outlook Express 502 if running beside IE5.
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