16.02.2006, 22:20:11
Bobingabout;date=Feb 16 2006, 04:07 AM;post=2308 Wrote:depends mainly on the age of the machine, the machine i refered to that won't run XP with the Duron1300(the original processor was a duron 800), its not because of the Duron1300 that XP doesn't run, its the combination of just about everything else.
and the stability of ME also depends on the hardware, i find that on most of my machines 98 is more stable than ME, but i also have some machines where ME is more stable than 98, granted, those macines usually run XP, so i don't use ME on them anymore(unless i'm doing something that requred the MS-DOS support, but i can't be arsed to prat around in a true DOS environment(although, i am more likely to get out my K6-200, or use a 98 machine))
It's not the age that matters, it's the drivers that are used. I have a slimmed down XP running on an old laptop (P1 133mhz, 128mb RAM) and it has never crashed.