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Windows 95 System-Requirements

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I have an old Canon laptop computer with Windows 3,1 installed. But i wanna upgrade to Windows 95 Danish. Is 486SX 33MHZ, 200 MB Harddisk(Compressed 391 MB), 4 MB Ram, 640X480 Pix 256 Colors (External 1024X768 256 Colors). Is that enough to run Windows 95 or will it run very slow?
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It would meet the 95 system requirements, just. However it will probably feel quite sluggish in actual use. Especially the memory will be a factor. Also any swapping out to disk (which will happen because of the limited memory) will take a long time if you keep the drive compressed.

Unless you really need it running 95 I don't think I would bother!
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Greetings, chriller91!
   Yes, your computer will accept Windows 95 operating system, even without compressed mode. And without compressed mode, you will run faster.

If you add 4 to 12 MB of RAM, you will run even faster.  There will be less swapping of files from RAM to hard disk.

Best wishes, war1
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Is 4 MB still enough. I dont think i can buy ram-modules for it anymore
Where can i buy ram cards for Canon BJ-120C Notebook?
Do you have any links?
4 MB is enough.  Just run a little slow.  No you cannot buy RAM module anymore.
How slow is a little slow?
chriller91,
  By slow I mean operation speed. It will take longer to move data to and from virtual memory than directly from RAM.  I am talking about miliseconds.
Ok i backup all my files and try installing(upgrading) Windows 95. If it will run too slow or anything else i can restore my files!
Win95 requires at least 6MB ram, the minimum requirements state 8MB ram as minimum but it will install with 6MB. With only 4MB it will halt.
Did you try it yet?
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Operating System
Office runs on the following operating systems:

    * Microsoft Windows 95
    * Microsoft Windows 98
    * Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later
    * Microsoft Windows 2000
    * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
    * Microsoft Windows XP