"Norman Diamond" <ndiamond@despammed.com> wrote in message
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> "Murgi" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message
> news:5b7dd6964c201fa3c2150404c915c8c8@news.secureusenet.com...
>
> > Somebody threw a Dell computer aut (Dimension, 566 MHz, Celeron, 128
MB).
> > I picked it up and installed Windows XP Professional. It works, but the
> > system is slow...
>
> If you use only part of the OS of Windows XP, a 300 MHz CPU can do it but
> you'll need 256 MB of RAM.  If you use Internet Explorer (which is an
> integrated part of the OS) then you'll need a 500 MHz CPU and 1 GB of RAM.
> If you use Word 2000 then you'll need a 3 GHz CPU and 320 MB of RAM.  If
you
> use both Internet Explorer and Word 2000, you do the computation.  Oddly,
> Word XP isn't as troublesome as Word 2000 is.
>

Since everybody suggests more RAM, I'll go for 512 MB I think.
I won't be using IE on this machine since I'd like to give Mozilla's
Thunderbird a shot. (Good or bad choice??)
I know that IE is integrated in the OS. Do I need to "disable" this function
although I have no intention to use it? Probably not, but I have never
fiddled much with Windows.

Sigi