Would WinME Final run well on a Pentium 166 laptop with 80 m

#1 pr-man

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Posted 26 September 2000 - 03:30 AM

??

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Posted 26 September 2000 - 03:33 AM

Yes and quite well too.

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Posted 26 September 2000 - 03:54 AM

better than win98SE Dosfreak?

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Posted 26 September 2000 - 04:12 AM

Now that's a matter for debate. heh. I would try Windows 2000 on there if it were me.

Considering it's just a 166 NT4/2000 would be good on it.

You'd probly be better off with 98SE but you never know. Experiement.

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Posted 26 September 2000 - 04:21 AM

well dos only problem is that my HD in this laptop is only 2 gigs, win2k would be very cramped on there righ?

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Posted 26 September 2000 - 07:22 AM

yea, the installation of win2k is close to a gig

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Posted 26 September 2000 - 10:22 AM

Yup Win 2K would be pretty cramped in there, my Win 2K folder is 1.07 gig on size, ouch!

Well I have an 18 gig hard drive so I'm not too worried about it.

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#8 gramaglia

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Posted 26 September 2000 - 11:22 AM

Yes, if you won't use a ES1371 as Sound Card
(SB AudioPCI 128)

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Posted 27 September 2000 - 07:01 AM

Then put ME on there but use 98lite. I've heard of people having issues with ME & 98lite so if that doesn't work out use 98lite & 98SE.

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Posted 28 September 2000 - 05:41 AM

Well I put WinMe final on, and it runs ok but I think Win98SE would be a better performer. Any good tweaks for win98? I tried installing Win95b and Win98 but neither of them after the install could be coaxed into seeing my laptops cdrom, wierd since Win98SE picked it up right away. Sucks though because Win95B speed was was clearly the fastest of all of them. Damn wish I could have figured out how to get it to recognize the cdrom and 16 bit sound. thx guys

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Celeron 300a@464 on a Abit BH6 Rev 1.01, 192 Pc100, Matrox G400 32 SH,
SBlive Value, Supra Express 56i ISA, all running on Win2k pro with other
odds and ends