Erm... It should work on that. When I first got broadband I was using a slightly lower spec than that and it worked for a while. Your (potential) broadband supplier should be able to give you required specs

microsoft system requirements

the machine shoudl be ok with XP but will be slow.
broadband wil be fine, my sister has two 98SE machines connected to here 512 line via a router.

There are no real physical limitations to being able to connect to a broadband service.

As many broadband providers provide their customers with USB modems, you will obviously need to make sure that the PC has a USB port. If you feel that you may at some point buy a broadband router (to allow the connection the be shared with two or more machines :brainy then the PC will need to have a network card fitted - if it doesn't have one built in.

What you are likely to experience is that by connecting to broadband you may/will wish to access content-related services which on a older machine may not run as smoothly.

I've got a couple of old PCs which are certianly inferior to yours and they work just fine when I've got them connected through my broadband link.

Upgrading to XP is a slightly different matter. Personally, I've always avoided the upgrade route, archived all of my critical data and simply started from scratch with a fresh installation. Once that's finished, I've re-installed my programs and restored the data.

If anything, you could probably do with increasing your RAM to at least 256Mb (more if you can stretch to it).

Cheers guys,

The only reason I ask is that Teresa tried installing broadband on my PC and it didnÂ’t work, although that may have been due to something other than incompatibility with my system.

IÂ’ve asked a few people at work about XP and they all say that itÂ’ll work if I do it from scratch, but itÂ’ll be slow. IÂ’ve tried upgrading the RAM before but it actually made the system slower! An engineer eventually tracked the problem to the motherboard, as apparently it will only cache 128Mb (or something to that effect).

I also want to do some programming, so my best option may just be to get a new computer!!

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by DJ Billy
The only reason I ask is that Teresa tried installing broadband on my PC and it didnÂ’t work, although that may have been due to something other than incompatibility with my system.

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by Teresa
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Nah, I think I just need to reinstall everything on there. It's a while since I've done it and there's probably bits from old files hanging around and messing it up.

i run xp on a 500mhz pentium3 with 128mb ram, it works just fine. more memory would be good but if you're spending money it's probably better to get a new machine, prices are not bad these days.

Cheers guys.

This one is doing okay at the moment, so I think I'll hold onto it then look again in a few months time. The advice will come in handy though