Windows 95 upgrade

Twiggy

I am aware that Windows 95 at minimum requires a 386 machine with 4mb of ram, but 8mb is recommended.

I have an AMD486 Machine with 16mb of ram, so I expect it will install and run fine.

However, I am unsure weather it could handle many Windows 95 programs well, games for Windows 95 well, and how much I could run at one time. My hard drive is also only 256 megabytes and I think Win 95 will use up more than what 3.x can, much more.

So, I am unsure, stick with 3.1x or Upgrade to Windows 95?

BigCJ

You did mention it was a flash disk, you mean CompactFlash? Those are common enough that finding a bigger one at a good price should be no trouble.

Twiggy

it seems to be a larger flash card, and I think I will stay with 3.1x as I already have a pentium machine running 95. I will only upgrade to WFW if needed to get on the internet.

BigCJ

I've seen up to 32Gb on a CompactFlash card, so you can go with Win95 if your only reservation is storage space. Of course, if you just want to stick with Win3.1x, that's good too.

Twiggy

well, I did buy a 14.4k USrobotics ISA modem, and it's from 94 so it should work with 3.1x, but if worse comes to worse, I may have to upgrade to 95. I hope I won't have to though.

BigCJ

Your computer should be able to handle Windows 95 just fine, you have plenty of memory, enough disk space and a very good processor.

Twiggy

I know, but I right now, have a computer running 3.xx, 95, and 98 all major DOS based releases from the 1990's. If I put Win 95 on this machine, it will throw it out of balance. It will also take away the coolness of me getting 3.xx on the internet.

BigCJ

If you want all DOS-based releases, you're forgetting about Mistake Edition.

EDIT: Okay, ME was from 2000, but still, you need it to complete the 9x series.