Hi,
I'm running it on a pentium 166,and have run it on a pentium 100.
Dan
Mark Hillary wrote:
>
> Windows 98 doesn't run on 166Mhz, the install program doesn't allow the
> install.
>
> Mark Hillary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "goldenpi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 3:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
>
> > Look at this number sequence:
> >
> > 512k
> > 1m
> > 4m
> > 8m
> > 32m
> >
> > see how quickly it goes up? They are the memory requirements for windows.
> dos
> > would word with 512k. windows 3.11 needed 4 meg. windows 95 needed 8 meg.
> > Windows 98 needed 32Meg. Whistler will need so much people will have to
> buy
> > more.
> >
> > And look at processers:
> >
> > dos : 8086
> > win3.11 : 80286
> > win95 : 80386
> > win98 : unknown
> > win me : 166MHz
> >
> > thats enough that I managed to fty my laptop processor when I tried to
> > overclock it and run windows me. It cost �25 for a new pentium 166.
> >
> > On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, you wrote:
> > > Romanator wrote:
> > > > Revenant wrote:
> > > > > Clarification: Millenium is MS eking the last $$$ it can out of the
> > > > > dying Win9x OS. Whistler will be what Win2000 was supposed to be -
> the
> > > > > fusion of the NT line with the Win9x line. It is supposed to be a
> very
> > > > > different beast to the Win9x line, including ME...
> > > > Have you noticed that the OS is getting bigger and bigger? They are
> > > > pushing our resources to their limits.
> > >
> > > <shrug> Our resource limits are increasing. Most software aims to
> > > take maximum advantage of the hardware available. Now that the industry
> > > standard machine is a PIII, I'd be disappointed if the OS didn't have
> > > additional functionality.
> > >
> > > That said, Windows *does* seem to have more than its fair share of
> > > bloat...
> > >
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