Windows XP compatible

[boardman]

Hey again.I'm still in the process of building a computer and was wondering if someone could answer a question for me? I want the computer to run Windows XP because I've heard horror stories about Vista. My question is........if I buy a Core 2 Quad processor, is this too much for windows XP or does it not matter? I was going to get 4 gigs of ram but I guess Windows XP does not support that much, so I guess I'll get 2 for now.Any help would be great.Also, I'm planning on having 3 HDs. Any suggestions on the size of the 3? I was going to go with 250Gb for the OS, 350Gb for audio and 500Gb for Sample library.

[og]

XP will run more than 4 gigs of RAM, that's more a function of the computer than the OS, and I'm pretty sure XP will run a quad processor. While I don't think it's possible to have too much memory, 250g is overkill for the OS...

[rayzer]

Hey, Boardman.I have that processor and was running XP until just recently when I made the switch to Vista. It ran great with XP and is still great with Vista (so far). Your drive choices look good and should hold you for a few years.Regarding RAM, with the 32-bit version of XP, it will see 4 gigs of RAM, but will split it up and leave you somewhere between 2.7 and 3.5 gigs available. You could try putting in 4 gigs and see what happens on your specific computer, or you could get 3 gigs (2 X 1 gig and 2 X 512 meg), or just see how 2 gigs works and add more later.The 64-bit version of XP and most 64-bit versions of Vista can handle 128 gigs of RAM, but 64-bit computing opens up other issues you may not want to tackle.