I ran a Win 98SE machine for a while, and had a USB card installed that would allow for a card reader. However, it was limited to USB 1.0. I don't think USB 2.0 had even come out at that time. In any case, it was really amazing to see the difference in file xfer speed between the 98SE computer and the then new XP box. Plus, of course, being able to run Photoshop in a seamless fashion was a nice "feature" of the new machine.
However, I wonder about how XP would run on a machine with older hardware, which is, in essence, how this thread got started. Doesn't XP have some minimum hardware requirements that, quite possibly, an older machine might not have? Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Francis > > While Windows 98 SE added limited support for USB interfaces, > it was almost entirely restricted to native USB support on the motherboard. > There were a few third party vendors who wrote their own drivers, but I'd > be prepared to bet these were only ever provided for early (USB 1) devices.
