Linked by David Adams on Sat 16th Jul 2005 23:02 UTC, submitted by daniel_iversen
Time to throw out the old Pentium I/MMX computers? Not yet... read this guide on how to install Windows 2000 on a very old computer with only 32MB RAM and tweak it to run very fast.
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2005-07-17
Agreed, and pretty pointless too IMO. Service Packs mostly install newer versions of files that already exist. Maybe somewhat bigger, maybe some new functionality, but normally doesn't do much to memory/disk space requirements. Certainly not when installing a version with integrated Service Pack. So this tweak doesn't look smart if you consider most SP's include lots of security/performance/stability updates.
1c3d0g wrote: "Don't get me wrong, it might be useful for some people, but I'd rather see articles focusing on better stability/security/scalability between O.S. on systems with low amounts of RAM."
Running on low-spec machines IS about scalability (downscaling in this case). And stripping unneeded crap can do a lot to improve security + stability.