login!
Hello dear guest!

Boot Land is a community driven site established since 2006 and focused on data recovery/backup boot disks, research of Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 install/deployment/antivirus tools, customizing Windows PE systems and even learning how to recover from disaster situations.

How about joining our boot disk community? So do it. Life's short!

  - You get free access to our newsletter with all the interesting buzz about boot disks
  - We share publicity revenue with everyone who wishes to participate at the forums
  - Publicity is never, never, never displayed to members (along with many other cool things)
http://boot-land.net/register

 
Reply to this topic
 Windows XP running in 8Mhz CPU with 20Mb RAM, Experiments to lower minimum supported hardware
post Jul 28 2007, 04:55 AM
Post #1
Nuno Brito
Platinum Member   ******
Group: .script developer

   Joined: 13-July 06 From: Pittsburgh

Posts: 7,846
Thank(s): 341


Portugal

This is a fun experience that ends up with a XP installation running under a 8Mhz CPU speed with as low as 20Mb RAM..


http://winhistory.de/more/386/xpmini_eng.htm

Who says that XP needs 512Mb of ram and a P4 to run well? laugh.gif


--------------------
http://f0rums.com - grab a free forum to include inside your site.

The revenue from clicking on publicity at this post is given to Nuno Brito

.
+Quote Post
post Sep 4 2007, 09:02 PM
Post #2
DaemonForce
Frequent Member   ***
Group: Advanced user

   Joined: 29-August 07 From: SEA

Posts: 118
Thank(s): 0


United States

QUOTE (Nuno Brito @ Jul 28 2007, 04:55 AM) *
Who says that XP needs 512Mb of ram and a P4 to run well? laugh.gif

Way back in my great days I had a Super 7. smile.gif

233MHz Pentium MMX
ASUS P5A-B
64MB PC133
ATi Rage XL 8MB AGP
160W AT-Compatible

It would install and run XP without any problems. I'd like to know where you find an 8MHz CPU though. huh.gif
+Quote Post
post Sep 4 2007, 09:28 PM
Post #3
Nuno Brito
Platinum Member   ******
Group: .script developer

   Joined: 13-July 06 From: Pittsburgh

Posts: 7,846
Thank(s): 341


Portugal

I still have some "very old" machines as well - including a 8 Mhz CPU laptop with 640Kb of RAM

The person who experimented with this clock speed mentioned the steps he took to slow down a pentium class machine.. smile.gif


--------------------
http://f0rums.com - grab a free forum to include inside your site.
+Quote Post
post Sep 5 2007, 06:15 AM
Post #4
TheHive
Platinum Member   ******
Group: .script developer

   Joined: 14-July 06
Posts: 3,104
Thank(s): 82
Interesting reading and it goes to show how truly flexible XP is .


--------------------
Create Video Tutorials, Upload to Youtube, & show it on bootland forum
+Quote Post

Reply to this topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic ()


  

Collapse

  Topic Replies Topic Starter Views Last Action
No New Posts Interested in Boot
Fascinating subject
 2 donando 78 Yesterday, 09:01 PM
Last post by: donando
No New Posts Ramdisk and (Non)Paged Memory
 7 franks59 312 5th February 2010 - 05:01 PM
Last post by: MedEvil
No New Posts Ramdisk and VipreRescue
 1 Mobius 207 2nd February 2010 - 03:11 PM
Last post by: homes32
No new Topic has attachmentsXP styles in PE
 176 MedEvil 14,354 1st February 2010 - 05:50 PM
Last post by: Lancelot
No New Posts Install winpcap in WinPE w/o winbuilder
winpcap and winpe
 2 BlatzMan 206 30th January 2010 - 03:43 AM
Last post by: sanbarrow



Powered By IP.Board © 2010  IPS, Inc.