I have virtual machines running both Windows XP and Windows 8.1 (both 32
bit) in 2048 MB ram. They work quite well. Before replying to this I droppe=
d
the Windows 8.1 ram to 1024 MB and was surprised at how well it ran. I did
not do any extensive tests, just opened and edited a Word document and
Internet Explorer. Boot and load times were a bit slower but not unbearably
so. At the same time my host had Outlook and other programs open.

The Windows 8.1 virtual machine has Office 2010 Pro installed.

My host machine is as follows (I think the processor runs a little over 3
GHZ):

Operating System
	Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU
	AMD A8-5500
	Trinity 32nm Technology
RAM
	16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 791MHz (10-10-10-27)
Motherboard
	Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. F2A85X-UP4 (P0)
Graphics
	ASUS VS247 (1920x1080@60Hz)
	K224W DVI (1680x1050@60Hz)
	1024MB NVIDIA GeForce 210 (ASUStek Computer Inc)

Allen

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> Subject: Re: [OT] XP to 8.1
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> On 27 May 2014 01:02, Allen Mulvey <allen@amulvey.com> wrote:
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> Your hardware should be more than sufficient.
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> Allen
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> 1. Do you / have you run WIN8.1 with 2 GB of RAM?
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> 2. What is the spec of the system that you upgraded that runs faster on
> WIN8.1?
> What did you upgrade from?
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> 3. Did you have to reinstall all/some/no programs?
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