The message below states that Win95 will run on 8megs and a 486. I
minimally can state using restrait that "run" would be a figure of speech.
I am a WIn95 User. 16 megs is considered by most individuals. A
486@100mhz is also considered a realistic min.
Techinically, Win95 will operate (note the word choice) on any 486 and 8
megs. I would say crawl....2 to 4 minute boot times for very simple
setups. No multiple applications running (crawlling).
I have set up labs using Win95, both networked and stand alone Intel
based machines.
Eduard L. Frerking
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On Thu, 30 May 1996, Marjorie Jordan wrote:
>> I have taken advantage of some excellent prices lately and I am adding an
>> external CD Rom to my IBM 486SX
>>
>>I want to add a 16 bit sound card and possibly use Windows 95 on this system.
>>
>> I have 8 meg of Ram and about 800 mg hard drive
>>
>> Will I be satisfied? Will 95 run ok?
John Jewell <jewell@sidwell.edu> replied:
> I did that upgrade to my mother's True Blue 486SX. It was an easy
> upgrade, and she was satisfied with it. I forget the external CD-ROM I
> got, but I did get a genuine Soundblaster sound card which supported the
> CD-ROM drive. You might be happier adding another 8mb of RAM to run
> Win95, although it will certainly run w. 8mb.