need help choosing os this forum gets more visitors than the os forum.

[mikieboy]

i have a p133mmx 24mb ram yea i know slow but this particular type of laptop ram is expensive. i have win95 or win98 what would you install for this particular laptop. speed is important of course with 24mb of ram who am i kidding also i use this machine for work iam a teacher so i use office and internet and a grading program. that is it.

 

[Mule]

Windows 3.1, or just use DOS 6.22, but if are going to use 95/98, definately use 95, it requires a lot less resources.

BTW - you know this thread will be moved anyways, right?

EDIT:

I had a p166 32MB RAM desktop and that thing was sluggish on 95, you might want to invest in some RAM, or just get a new laptop. There are many new cheapo's on the market, like the Walmart Laptop, not bad at all for it's price.



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I don't think that exists, maybe it does for mobile processors, i could be wrong.

 

[shawnmos]

Windows 3.1??? I don't think so. Win95 will work on a 386DX and Win98 a 486-66 (i highly would not recommend it though). Win95 would work just fine. Win98 would work but would be kinda sluggish with only 24MB of ram. I would recommend at least 32MB even for Win95 to run optimally. What kinda of ram does the laptop use? I have an extra 8MB 144-pin SODIMM i'm not using. You could also probably find a good deal for laptop memory on these forums.

 

[Rand]

Stick with Win95 on that system.

 

[medic]

Just sold my P133 Notebook with 32MB's and upgraded to 80MB's, W95 ran fine at 32 and very good with 80

W98 was painful 🙂

 

[AmdEmAll]

yeah 95 would be the best. 98 or higher would really bog the system down. You should really think about getting a new cheap laptop.

 

[gcliv]

If you can find a copy, put NT 4 Workstation. It'd be perfect.