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Subject: Re: Getting ready for Rebel XP (OT)

Author: Julian Morley

Date: 14:28:58 07/14/02

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On July 14, 2002 at 17:11:18, Jerry Jones wrote:

>On July 14, 2002 at 15:23:55, Jerry Jones wrote:
>
>>I'm going to order Rebel XP as soon as it's available.
>>
>>Is it possible to install Windows XP , Pro / Office XP or its Service Pack
>>on a computer that has a base memory of 32 Mb and a 433 Mhz CPU and on which
>>currently Win 98 is installed ?
>>
>>JJ
>
>I found the system requirements of XP online and my PC's 32 Mb RAM isn't enough
>to run XP. Apart from chess software I also would like to run the additional
>applications that come with XP such as the file manager/windows explorer but I
>wonder whether they will run on the Win 9x kernel ?
>It would of course be silly to buy XP just because of the file manager.
>Is the XP file manager double-pane like Norton Commander or still single-pane ?
>There is no info on the XP file manager available.
>
>JJ


    I don't think that the file manager in XP is much better than the one in
Win98. There are some good freeware file managers that are much better than
Microsofts. Here is a good double pane one -

http://www.netez.com/2xExplorer/

    Jules



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