I'm fixing an old lady's computer. what is the most recent OS that will run on a 733mhz PIII? I haven't touched one of these in so long, I'm not sure if TinyXP will run on it, or if I have to get win98/2000.

thanks for the help

10/31/2008 6:33:53 PM

xp on an 866 w/ 512mb ram isn't terrible. 733 with 128 was horrible. just make sure you have enough ram.

10/31/2008 6:34:58 PM

10/31/2008 6:35:09 PM

dude, see if she has any nudes on her computer

10/31/2008 6:41:52 PM

the visual theme isn't important so if it's a 733 i may still install xp and use the win95 theme...i haven't actually booted it up yet, it is en route now...just trying to be prepared for the worst.
and to reiterate, it's not my machine lol i'd rather go without than use that piece of shit paperweight.

and thanks stowaway for the input.

10/31/2008 6:50:29 PM

tiny xp will rock that machine.

if the hard drive was really old it'll lag.

10/31/2008 6:58:32 PM

I think you could use it as a toilet.

10/31/2008 7:22:20 PM

Windows 2000 would be fine

10/31/2008 7:23:14 PM

ubuntu server runs very well on a dual PIII box i have

10/31/2008 7:24:18 PM

Solaris 10!

On a serious note, for the Windows OSes the only requirement that really matters is size of main memory... as long as you turn off all of the menu animations and have around 1.5X the recommended minimum memory, it should be fine. Old people aren't in any particular hurry anyway.

[Edited on October 31, 2008 at 7:29 PM. Reason : *]

10/31/2008 7:27:28 PM

Windows NT would be hype too

10/31/2008 7:28:01 PM