Win2kpro on older laptop

**Vagabond** · February 11th, 2009, 09:38 PM

I have an older Compaq with win98 on it and 128 Meg RAM will it run Win2kpro? All I need it to do is surf the internet to kids sites. It will be for my kids to mess up and destroy LOL

Txs

**GroundZero3** · February 11th, 2009, 09:41 PM

What is the cpu speed? Im sure it will run just fine on the laptop!

System requirements for Microsoft Windows 2000 operating systems

**Vagabond** · February 11th, 2009, 09:43 PM

Not really sure forget how to check but its a P2 CPU.

**Vagabond** · February 11th, 2009, 09:50 PM

PII MMX 400 MHz

**GroundZero3** · February 11th, 2009, 09:51 PM

Plenty fine good sir!

**Vagabond** · February 11th, 2009, 09:53 PM

Txs GZ

**Kingsman** · February 17th, 2009, 09:52 AM

I second groundzero3...I've "custom built" a PC with old, donated PC hardware, and has 128 MB of ram. Even Windows XP runs pretty decently on it, so there shouldn't be a major problem with performance, unless you opt for gaming, but that seems to be out of the picture obviously.

**stroyal** · February 17th, 2009, 10:04 AM

Win 2000 was never very good for gaming anyway.

**tagecho** · February 22nd, 2009, 02:32 PM

I think can run Windows XP !

**StealthyV** · February 27th, 2009, 12:28 PM

the trick is to be frugal with what programs you choose to run concurrently... and opt for "lite" versions if possible, to minimize RAM usage.

My parents are using my old Dell L400c 400mhz computer with 512mb ram (we maxed it out; originally only had 128mb because prices were so high back in the day!) and they are using WinXP.

You might want to check the documentation of that computer for the maximum allowed RAM on the mainboard; you might be able to slap some more in there, which would certainly help performance-wise!

Also, a USB 2.0 (PCI slot) expansion card would help if the kiddies want to hook up flash drives, and a separate video card (PCI) would take some stress off the CPU.

But without any tweaking at all, I don't think you'll see any problems with your current setup.

Have fun with it! You might also want to try Xubuntu, which is a 'fork' of Ubuntu Linux. Xubuntu runs well on legacy machines, and can be run via "live cd" meaning you can run it entirely from the CD-ROM drive and the available memory. Reboot the computer without the CD in the drive, and you can go back to Windows. It's worth a try!

~Branson