Will a Pentium III 866MHz be fast enough

[Jedi1138]

Hi guys,

Just been given a relatively Small Form Factor HP machine that is totally silent and perfect, I think, for a HTPC after a paint job or two.

The problem is it's only a Pentium III 866MHz with 256MB of RDRAM.

Will this be fast enough/have enough memory to run Windows MCE?

Jedi

 

[Jedi1138]

That's great news. From experience I knew that The PIII would be able to run DivX's and DVD's fine, but wasn't sure about Win MCE.

Cheers ihatelag

 

[Jedi1138]

I have to admit that I'm scared of Linux even though I'm a Systems Manager!

Upgrading the RAM would be far too cost prohibitive - RDRAM still sells for bucketloads of cash. Looks like I'm stuck with the 256MB, if I use this system.