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Old 08-21-2005, 07:57 PM
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When you say design use, you mean CAD programs, 3D, Photoshop?
If that is the case, the machine is simply not up to the task. It supports 384 Megs of ram max. The standard ram is 32 Megs. You will need to max the ram and processor to get anything like a viable computer for such use.
The processor, even if maxed out will be what.... 500 Mhz P2? The machine will struggle to run XP alone at a decent speed.

It will work, but you will endure much waiting for tasks to finish. This will be compounded by slow HD access.

If determined to go ahead, use win 2000. This has much lower machine requirements to run. It can be installed on a P1 133 for example, though 64 megs of ram will still be required. (better 128)
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