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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (165968)	6/7/2002 2:25:19 PM
From: Scott Meyer	Read Replies (3) of 186894

How does windows professional run on say a 500Mhz pentium II or III? I don't know. Given that NT 4 runs fine on a dual processor 233Mhz PII machine, I'd suspect that Win 2K would do just fine too. Might need a bit more memory. I have no experience with XP. However, following your what I presume to be your point, it is unlikely to be a factor because software upgrades are also being suppressed. What is there in Office 2002 that you really need that can't be had from office 97? Compatibility with gratuitous file format changes inflicted by MS office doesn't count. Supposing you have a nice PC running NT 4 and Office 97. What would drive you to upgrade (for work)? Since nearly all corporate applications are targeted at web browsers and most new PC software works fine under NT 4, I don't see why you'd want to upgrade. Many corporations are sticking at that level (or with win 2k) and trying to step off the upgrade cycle. NT 4 doesn't support USB so that may cause people to move to Win 2K for new hardware, but I know of no such problem prodding people towards XP.

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