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To: Joseph Pareti who wrote (131876)	4/7/2001 11:59:43 AM
From: Tony Viola	Respond to of 186894

Though I argued with company engineers over this point, Microsoft is listing the minimum system requirements for Windows XP as a Pentium III processor with 64 MB of RAM, though they do recommend 128 MB of RAM. Personally, I think this is unrealistic. I recommend a mid-level Pentium III processor with at least 256 MB of RAM. Microsoft is still being too short, especially with memory, as the guy points out. I ran W2K with just 64 MB for a while and got at least 2 Windows Explorer errors a day on average, and subsequent Explorer crashes. They would happen when I had, say >4 Explorer screens open. Upgrading memory alleviated the problem. XP, and the fact that many corporations and consumers upgraded in 1999 for Y2K fears, should provide that uptick in PC purchases next year. JIT for the new and improved P4. Tony