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Richard_Cranium72

03-10-2001, 06:11 PM

SYMPTOMS

When you try to install Windows Millennium Edition (Me) on a computer that is using a Cyrix central processing unit (CPU), Setup may be unable to finish.

The following Cyrix CPUs do not meet the Windows Me minimum hardware requirements:

CX486 DRx2-20/40
CX486 DRx2-25/50
Cyrix 6x86MX/MII PR233
Cyrix 6x86MX/MII PR300
Cyrix MII 433
Cyrix MII 333
Media Gx Enhanced (266)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q277/7/88.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=Hardware%20Compatibility%20List%20&rnk=10&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=WINME

CMonster

03-11-2001, 01:17 AM

Thanks for the information.

Variable

03-11-2001, 05:56 AM

Naturally! You wont be able to install it on an intel 486DX 133 or even an Pentium 133MHz!
They are too sloooooow.
I think you need at least a Pentium 150 or 166.

otheos

03-11-2001, 06:37 AM

RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, obtain and install a Pentium-class CPU.

they must be joking..... (i.e. spend more money)

I would at least expect a money back for users of these CPU's!!!

Should read:

To work around this issue, never install any of MS products. Just get the best out of what you got, free of charge with Linux!!

otheos

[This message has been edited by otheos (edited 03-11-2001).]

Richard_Cranium72

03-11-2001, 04:12 PM

I submit for your approval the fact that I run a Cyrix 433 and it's faster than my Celery 400 or the K6-2 400

DrVette

Dputiger

03-11-2001, 05:57 PM

Richard,

Please take this in a joking tone, as its intended in one, but what does your Cyrix CPU do faster than an AMD or a Celly?

Play games? (doubt it)

Do floating point computations?

Burn out?

Richard_Cranium72

03-11-2001, 06:00 PM

Boot time, opening apps, general and VERY casual obversation.

Of course this is not fair to the Celery cause it is running at 66mhz FSB

Barney

03-11-2001, 06:16 PM

http://server2044.virtualave.net/r0nald/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=000002

I looked at some reviews and found out that it is inferior to Celeron processors. I have never actually tried one of those Cyrix's, but the benchmarks seem to prove it.

Btw, the speed of loading the OS and apps have more to do with amount of memory and harddrive speed (also depends on how often you optimize it) than CPU speed.