"mr.sumo.snr" <llanelli14NOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2g2kb2F3r0m2U1@uni-berlin.de...

> XPee runs on a PII 266 - I know 'coz I've got one sitting on my computer
> rack.  It doesn't run especially fast but it's not like treacle.  That's a
> 266 desktop - I also have it installed on an old 266 Fujitsu Notebook
> (192mb RAM) and that's OK too.

266 MHz isn't much slower than 300 MHz, so I believe you.  192 MB of RAM
though, I'd guess that you're using the US version of Windows XP.

> BTW these are all FULL installations - I have absolutely no idea where you
> get 500 MHz/1 gb RAM as a minimum spec for running Internet Explorer!

I get that from running Internet Explorer.  Sure you have full installations
as you said.  I don't know any way to install XP without installing IE.  But
in my experience IE doesn't gobble up 90% of the CPU time and hundreds of
megabytes of RAM merely by being installed, IE gobbles up 90% of the CPU
time and hundreds of megabytes of RAM by being run.  (Rindler-san, please
notice that this answers your question too.)