380ED running windows xp!!

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380ED running windows xp!!

#1 Post by bronevaya » Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:07 pm

Wow, I didnt think I could do it but I did, I am running windows xp home edition on a 380ED with 80mb of ram.

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It runs at a good speed (5% slower then windows 98) and now devices are easier then ever to configure on it.

(ps, i am running a windows shell manager called litestep, hence the odd looking gui)

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#2 Post by AlphaKilo470 » Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:50 pm

I always thought XP required 96mb of RAM. And you say it runs only 5% slower than Windows 9x, maybe if and when I get around to buying more RAM for my 380ED I'll try the same. I really shouldn't be that surprised though, I've pulled off a Windows 2003 Server installation on a Pentium MMX 166 desktop with 128mb RAM a while back, and it actually ran quite fine.
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#3 Post by MadeInJapan » Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:02 am

with shell running or not, it would seem that the 380 would struggle with XP. I'd make sure and disable all programs at start-up as possible.

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#4 Post by AlphaKilo470 » Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:41 am

I'll believe someone who says the 380ED runs XP fine, but what I don't beleive at all is the few people who have tried and succeding at getting XP on their 760 computers.
ThinkPad T60: 2GHZ CD T2500, 3gb RAM, 14.1" XGA, 60gb 7k100, Win 7 Ult
Latitude E7250: i5 5300U 2.3ghz, 12gb RAM, 12" 1080p touch, 256gb SSD, Win 10

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