I'm running "Win2K" on 56Mb. It ain't so BAD

[TravisBickle]

The funny memory figure is cuz my graphics are integrated (i.e. humiliating UT FPS of 10 in 640x480. Good job I don't play it ).
No really, I know it's not a power user setup, but I just surf to unwind and this OS actually copes with my integrated stuff.
Did you know that you can use win2k with 32Mb!? It sez on the box... no 256Mb beasts around here...

 

[SSGTi]

I thought the minimum was 64mb. MS recommends 128mb for pro and 256mb for server.

 

[Ryan]

I use it with 64mb ram. But, I am about to upgrade to 128mb. it's not that bad. right now I have 3 IE windows open, napster, and an instant messager running and no slow down et. i am even playing an MP3 and it plays perfectly.

 

[Priit]

Well, if it runs with 32Mb of RAM, I will try to run in on 486DX. Just want to see HOW slow can OS be W2k with 64Mb RAM was IMHO dead slow, It took about 15 minutes just to boot it up (machine was slow 200Mhz K6).

 

[Hector13]

I remember posting this a long time ago in a similar thread, but I had Win 2k Adv. Server running on a AMD K5 (maybe a K6) 200 with only 64 Mbs of RAM. The comp acted as a Web server as well as having NAT and SQL Server running on it. I would occaisonly use it to surf the web when I was burning a CD on my other comp and it wasn't bad at all.

 

[Blayze]

I have run Win2000 before on my laptop with only 32 megs of ram

it was very slow. I wouldn't try with anything under 64megs and that is pushing it some.

 

[maukdaddy]

not directly related to Win2k, but at work once we got NT4.0 booting on 8 megs... talk about SLOW!!!!

 

[Isaiah]

I have W2K on a AMD K6 300 with 32mg and it runs ok I just use it as a dialup sever
It runs alot better on my T'Bird 1000mhz

 

[MulLa]

I tried W2K on a Celeron466 with 64MB ram. Like TravisBickle I also have intergrated graphics and it ain't so bad either. As long as I stick to general apps like office stuff. Well it's for my dad's office so I figured it would be fine ^^

 

[macssuck]

my friend just put win2k on his P233MMX with 64mb and it is dog slow:disgust: but it doesn't crash like 98se but he is going to buy another 128mb as soon as he gets his next paycheck

 

[Sunner]

Tried it on a Celeron450 with 64 MB of RAM.
It was incredibly slow IMO, but I guess that depends on what you're used to, and my comp at home has 192 MB of RAM, and the comp at work has 256 MB.