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Answer» I have an old gateway essential 433 c with intel 433 mhz celeron processorw/int sound and 8 mb AGP192 MB RAM10 GB hard drive. Can any one tell me what i can do to up grade it if at all ? I have a dell but would like to up grade this old gateway to use as a back up. thanks beccaI wouldn't change a thing. If you choose, it will run WindowsXP.I suggest the same... [glb]Flame[/glb]I recently had to rebuild a gateway laptop due to a worm. I found the gateway website very HELPFUL and the prices weren't terrible. I ended up increasing the memory and going to windows 2000. But check out thier website. Quote I have an old gateway essential 433 c with intel 433 mhz celeron processorw/int sound and 8 mb AGP192 MB RAM10 GB hard drive. Can any one tell me what i can do to up grade it if at all ? I have a dell but would like to up grade this old gateway to use as a back up. thanks becca becca........If it ain't broke .......don't FIX it ......... dl65 Once again... I agree.... Looking back, I did the same thing, and it put me in a lot of trouble, so maybe I will reconsider my decision... I'm taking dl65's side on this one... [glb]Flame[/glb]Looks like we're all in agreement! XP may work just fine on this PC. ACCORDING to Microsoft, the minimum recommended hardware requirements to use XP are: * Pentium 233 MHz or equivalent * 128 MB RAM * 1.5 GB free on a 2 GB hard disk * Video display adapter and monitor with VGA resolution or higher * CD-ROM drive (12x or faster) or DVD drive * High-density 3.5-inch floppy disk drive, unless the computer supports starting SETUP from a CD-ROM or DVD drive * Keyboard & mouse (or other pointing device) One suggestion: Be sure to check the hardware compatibility list the Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/ Some old hardware may not work with XP, that is, unless the manufacturer has XP drivers available for download. Regards, Doc 128mbs of ram...hmmm...upgrade the memory before installing XP...XP is a memory hog. But everything else is good...keep it. Put at least 512mb RAMneo: Good point! I think it makes sense to double all the Microsoft recommended minimum requirements. I have one XP MACHINE with 191 MB RAM & it is annoyingly slow when multi-tasking. Increasing the pagefile size & putting it on a different hard drive helped, but more RAM is a must. Doc

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I have an old gateway essential 433 c with intel 433 mhz celeron processorw/int sound and 8 mb AGP192 MB RAM10 GB hard drive. Can any one tell me what i can do to up grade it if at all ? I have a dell but would like to up grade this old gateway to use as a back up. thanks beccaI wouldn't change a thing. If you choose, it will run WindowsXP.I suggest the same...

[glb]Flame[/glb]I recently had to rebuild a gateway laptop due to a worm. I found the gateway website very HELPFUL and the prices weren't terrible. I ended up increasing the memory and going to windows 2000. But check out thier website. Quote

I have an old gateway essential 433 c with intel 433 mhz celeron processorw/int sound and 8 mb AGP192 MB RAM10 GB hard drive. Can any one tell me what i can do to up grade it if at all ? I have a dell but would like to up grade this old gateway to use as a back up. thanks becca

becca........If it ain't broke .......don't FIX it .........

dl65
Once again... I agree.... Looking back, I did the same thing, and it put me in a lot of trouble, so maybe I will reconsider my decision... I'm taking dl65's side on this one...

[glb]Flame[/glb]Looks like we're all in agreement! XP may work just fine on this PC.

ACCORDING to Microsoft, the minimum recommended hardware requirements to use XP are:

* Pentium 233 MHz or equivalent
* 128 MB RAM
* 1.5 GB free on a 2 GB hard disk
* Video display adapter and monitor with VGA resolution or higher
* CD-ROM drive (12x or faster) or DVD drive
* High-density 3.5-inch floppy disk drive, unless the computer supports starting SETUP from a CD-ROM or DVD drive
* Keyboard & mouse (or other pointing device)

One suggestion: Be sure to check the hardware compatibility list the Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/

Some old hardware may not work with XP, that is, unless the manufacturer has XP drivers available for download.

Regards,
Doc

128mbs of ram...hmmm...upgrade the memory before installing XP...XP is a memory hog. But everything else is good...keep it. Put at least 512mb RAMneo:

Good point! I think it makes sense to double *all* the Microsoft recommended minimum requirements.

I have one XP MACHINE with 191 MB RAM & it is annoyingly slow when multi-tasking. Increasing the pagefile size & putting it on a different hard drive helped, but more RAM is a must.

Doc

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