Will Win98SE run on a P4 1.8GHz computer?

[Peter Kaye624]

Hi,
I have a chance to buy an old IBM NetVista Pentiuum 4, 1.8 GHZ,
i845(Brookdale) computer.

I want to buy this to play older games but I'm wondering if this
computer will run Windows 98SE. As I understand, later computers, or is
it just chipsets, may not run Windows 98SE.

Thanks for any advice,
Peter K.

 

[Don Phillipson]

"Peter Kaye624" <pkaye624@magma.invalid> wrote in message
news:fmrgl356dcfddbesaqt1ivdgt908m0cfok@4ax.com...

> I have a chance to buy an old IBM NetVista Pentiuum 4, 1.8 GHZ,
> i845(Brookdale) computer.
>
> I want to buy this to play older games but I'm wondering if this
> computer will run Windows 98SE. As I understand, later computers, or is
> it just chipsets, may not run Windows 98SE.

The main general problem is CPU speed, but Win98
ought to run well on this PC. If you contemplate
spending more money, consider RAM and video
adaptor (for games performance.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

 

[Peter Kaye624]

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 17:03:19 -0500, "Don Phillipson"
<d.phillipsonSPAMBLOCK@rogers.com> wrote:

>"Peter Kaye624" <pkaye624@magma.invalid> wrote in message
>news:fmrgl356dcfddbesaqt1ivdgt908m0cfok@4ax.com...
>
>> I have a chance to buy an old IBM NetVista Pentiuum 4, 1.8 GHZ,
>> i845(Brookdale) computer.
>>
>> I want to buy this to play older games but I'm wondering if this
>> computer will run Windows 98SE. As I understand, later computers, or is
>> it just chipsets, may not run Windows 98SE.
>
>The main general problem is CPU speed, but Win98
>ought to run well on this PC. If you contemplate
>spending more money, consider RAM and video
>adaptor (for games performance.)

Thanks for the advice Don. I bought the computer and will see in the
next few days how it goes.

Peter K.

 

[Igor]

On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:52:09 -0500, Peter Kaye624
<pkaye624@magma.invalid> wrote:

>Hi,
> I have a chance to buy an old IBM NetVista Pentiuum 4, 1.8 GHZ,
>i845(Brookdale) computer.
>
>I want to buy this to play older games but I'm wondering if this
>computer will run Windows 98SE. As I understand, later computers, or is
>it just chipsets, may not run Windows 98SE.
>

I've had no problems whatsoever running 98SE on a P4 1.7 GHz system.

 

[Robert Baer]

Peter Kaye624 wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 17:03:19 -0500, "Don Phillipson"
> <d.phillipsonSPAMBLOCK@rogers.com> wrote:
>
>
>>"Peter Kaye624" <pkaye624@magma.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:fmrgl356dcfddbesaqt1ivdgt908m0cfok@4ax.com...
>>
>>
>>>I have a chance to buy an old IBM NetVista Pentiuum 4, 1.8 GHZ,
>>>i845(Brookdale) computer.
>>>
>>>I want to buy this to play older games but I'm wondering if this
>>>computer will run Windows 98SE. As I understand, later computers, or is
>>>it just chipsets, may not run Windows 98SE.
>>
>>The main general problem is CPU speed, but Win98
>>ought to run well on this PC. If you contemplate
>>spending more money, consider RAM and video
>>adaptor (for games performance.)
>
>
> Thanks for the advice Don. I bought the computer and will see in the
> next few days how it goes.
>
> Peter K.
>
Win98SE seems to run OK on anything with the following caveats:
1) With 1Gbyte RAM or less: full video capability is easy.
2) More than 1Gbyte to 2Gbytes RAM: 16 colors, 640 by 480 is the only
video resolution possible some (text) parameter needs fiddling to
otherwise run and use all RAM OK.

 

[Peter Kaye624]

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:07:11 -0800, Robert Baer
<robertbaer@localnet.com> wrote:

>Peter Kaye624 wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 17:03:19 -0500, "Don Phillipson"
>> <d.phillipsonSPAMBLOCK@rogers.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Peter Kaye624" <pkaye624@magma.invalid> wrote in message
>>>news:fmrgl356dcfddbesaqt1ivdgt908m0cfok@4ax.com...

>>
> Win98SE seems to run OK on anything with the following caveats:
>1) With 1Gbyte RAM or less: full video capability is easy.
>2) More than 1Gbyte to 2Gbytes RAM: 16 colors, 640 by 480 is the only
>video resolution possible some (text) parameter needs fiddling to
>otherwise run and use all RAM OK.

Thanks Robert,
I have the system running now and it works well.

I wish I had known about 2) as I had tried to dual boot my
present system (P4, WinXP and 2GB) and could only get 640 x 480.
I assumed I had incorrectly set up the dual boot and eliminated it. Now
things are much clearer.

Thanks again,
Peter K.