Old Socket 7 AT motherboard and XP Pro

[drummerjt]

Hi,

I'm thinkning of upgrading to XP Pro, but I have on older, socket 7, AT form factor motherboard. Am I going to run into problems?

I'm currently running 98-SE.

Rgds,

- drummerjt

 

[smah]

Here are the system requirements:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/sysreqs.asp

And try running the upgrade advisor:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp

As always, a clean installation is preferred over an upgrade. If you have a real win98 cd, you can perform a clean installation with an xp upgrade cd. Be sure to back up your data first.

 

[roderickom]

You will probably have constant major system failures.

Roderick Shilling

http://www.orbitmicro.com

http://www.qubitmicro.com

 

[dakota81]

I don't know where this "constant major system failures" thought came from, do not let his opinion influence your decision.


A friend of mine had a Compaq PII 233MHz or close to that (I don't remember the exact MHz), and he put Windows XP on the machine, and it ran just fine. Granted it was a bit on the slower side, but there were never any stability problems!! Used it primarily for internet and word processing, viewed the occasional video file (although choppy no matter which OS you have with that speed cpu).

Go ahead and upgrade, you'll love XP over 98.

 

[wolluf]

Have XP running on test Cyrix 300 with 128MB RAM - AT mobo - runs fine (with all eye candy turned off). My daughter's machine (Cyrix 330, 256MB RAM, AT mobo) runs better, as does my wife's (AMD K6 450, 192MB RAM, AT mobo).
No constant system failures (much more stable than 98 on the same machines).