On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 17:20:07 -0500, " JimH" ask wrote:


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On Fri, 30 Nov 07, PhantMan wrote:
I have an AMD Athlon XP sticker on the front of the desktop box but no
idea what the clock speed is.

Ooookie doke. Thanks guys for the suggestions.
This handy dandy little thingy I downloaded is telling me my processor
runs at 1.67 gigahertz. It's old but faster than I thought it was. And
736 megs of RAM. So if XP Home requires about the same as XP Pro (the
link upthread says XP Pro needs 300 Megahertz clockspeed), I guess I'm
good to go.
I found XP Home -Full Version- (not OEM or Upgrade) New on
PriceGrabber dot com for about $90. Does that sound about right? I
was expecting a lower price for XP since Vista came out. But.. -shrug-

Thanks again,
Rick

XP Pro and Home have the same system requirements.

$90 is an OK price. When folks started scaring me about that nasty VISTA
OS that my son's laptop was loaded with I started to shop around for a copy
of XP and $90 seems about the price I was finding.

Here is a nice free program that tells you everything about your computer,
programs and updates:

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Have a nice weekend. I am "almost" finished with the outdoor Christmas
decorations......just one more small project and I can then rest. ;-)


I'll bet they're beautiful! Post a picture 'over there' when you get done.
--
John H