On May 22, 7:38 pm, wrote:
Hello everybody!
I have a friend with an old Pentium 1 desktop with windows 95 lying
around. I think that the processor is rated at 90 MHz and the system
has 16 MB of ram.
I was wondering if the computer is still powerful enough to be still
used to view .jpg images. The images do not have to be larger than
800x600 resolution.


Sure, it can do that. More RAM is better, though. Especially if you
upgrade to win98 instead of win95.

I also have no idea about what graphics card the system has, but I
think that it definatley has 2 MB of onboard memory.
Otherwise I do not know anything else about the specs, and I would not
be able to provide additional information.
I was thinking of trying to get it to work with ACDSee 3.0. I tested
the program on my Windows XP machine, and it used about 10-12 MB of
ram when viewing .jpg's of these resolutions.
What are your thoughts on this? Can it be done?

Also I was wondering how many colors does Windows 98 support? Can it
go to 32-bit?


It's a function of the video card, not the os. With most 2mb video
cards, I think you get a compromise of 16bit color at a high
resolution or 24bit color at a lower resolution.




P.S. the computer was purchased around the year 1995, if this helps.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated!