I have a customer with an HP XE783 running the biggest turn of an OS - Windows ME. She is having horrible spyware/virus/security problems and in the process of repairing the PC would like Windows XP Home installed.

Specs on this beast are:

Intel 700 MHz celeron
30 gb hard drive
319 mb RAM - she upgraded this recently but not thru me so Im guessing original 64 plus 256 mb chip minus shared video RAM

No problems with the hard drive thats plenty and the RAM is OK too. Intel 810 chipset so the video/mobo drivers can be found for XP - the only problem may be sound card but if I can get drivers I will just grab a cheapy of newegg.

The Question:
I have never used XP on anything weenier than 1.7 GHz. She has basic office task needs for this PC and uses broadband internet. Anyone using a PC with similar specs and can they comments on how it runs - no benchmarks just real world subjective.

It should be fine. That's within reccommended specs, right? I don't see why you should have an issue, especially if you turn down all the eye candy.

Would run like a charm, ive had a customer with it on a 233 and it ran fine. Had 784 ram though. But 300 should be plenty. I have it on a p600, 196 ram. Runs fine, your good to go

no problems there at all m8 - the lowest and still stable spec ive put XP on was:

-K62 450
-180MB RAM
-20GB HDD
-8MB VIDEO

it still pumles through loading and handles well, though patience is required when loading big things.

also ask her if she wants some security software on there mite get you some extra $ in hand.just for future reference, the lowest spec is about this, exept the ram is 128, and a 10 gb hdd for space.

pentium II 450mhz
12gb hard drive
256mb ram
16mb diamond viper video

runs fine. i say do it.

I've got XP running on an 800 Duron & it's fine, very useable - faster than win98 was in fact.

Only thing is maybe ram, I think they recommend you have at least 512mb to run it smoothly. But thats my two cents.

look at the sig. runs beautifully, and has for a long time.

XP is running on the familie's machine which consists of the following:

P2 350mhz
192mb PC100 RAM
Onboard video
10gig slow HDD

Not one of the slowest listed here, but just another example of many that it can be done with ease. All the eye candy should be turned off, although the installation usually does this for you.

It'll go. Don't worry about it.

Thanks for the info - she will appreciate the upgrade for ME to XP.

I am posting from my work comp

PII 350 w/256mb ram. Works ok. I have 5 windows open at all times and it doesn't feel bad at all.

my bro runs a celeron 600 with 256mb ram and he has no problems. he can even play mp3s using winamp while on in the background and playing counter-strike at a decent frame rate....so long as he isn't in de_aztec

Looks like your question has been answered!! I just thought I would add to it that I have a few similiar comps running XP and they are fine....and I have a old laptop with the almost exact same specs running great!!! So theres my 2 cents!!!