RE: filmscanners: Win2K system requirements

[Eli Bowen <elbow@microsoft.com>]

        If you have a 700 MHz Pentium III then you have a 700 MHz CPU. Maybe
the 100 MHz refers to the bus speed.
        I wouldn't bother with a dual-boot setup unless you really have to
do it to use hardware or software you cannot (or are not willing to)
upgrade. It's kind of a pain.
        


-----Original Message-----
From: IronWorks [mailto:ironworks@ameritech.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 7:52 PM
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Win2K system requirements


Thanks Eli.  That was precisely my question.  I have a 700MHz Pentium III
and 384 MB of DRAM but a 100 MHz CPU.  I use Partition Magic and have been
considering a dual-boot setup for quite some time.

Maris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eli Bowen" <elbow@microsoft.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 8:37 PM
Subject: filmscanners: Win2K system requirements


| I would not run Win2K with a 100 MHz CPU if that is what Ironworks
| was asking. If it worked at all it would be horribly slow. Microsoft
| recommends a minimum of 133 MHz CPU.
|
| As for bus speed, I am not aware of any minimum, but if there is a
| minimum, I'm sure it is less than 133 MHz.
|
| This is all that is posted on the Win2K System Requirements page
| (for the Professional version)(
| http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/guide/professional/sysreq/default.asp
| ):
|
| "133 MHz or higher Pentium-compatible CPU.
| 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM recommended minimum; more memory generally
improves
| responsiveness.
| 2GB hard disk with a minimum of 650MB of free space.
| Windows 2000 Professional supports single and dual CPU systems."
|
|
| If you want to know if a particular computer is Win2K compliant, you
| can try this page:
| http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/upgrade/compat/search/computers.asp
|
|
| Eli
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Arthur Entlich [mailto:artistic@ampsc.com]
| Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 4:11 PM
| To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
| Subject: Re: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
| W98SE?
|
|
|
|
| IronWorks wrote:
|
| > Is a PC100 chip sufficient for Win2K?  Microsoft's site recommends the
| PC133
| > minimum.
| >
| > Another possibility for some might be a dual boot system with 98SE and
| also
| > 2K.
| >
| > Maris
| >
|
| Does Win 2K require a 133mHz motherboard bus?  Can WIN 2K run on a
| Celeron system CPU which uses a 66mHz bus?
|
| Art