Re: which OS ? XP or 2000 ?

Wayne,

That's my experience too. Win2k runs Mach3 okay using 533Mhz
machines with 128M RAM. That's not so true IMO/E for machines of
this speed and memory when WinXP is part of the equation...

Hope this helps,

Ballendo

>In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Wayne Weedon <wayne@...> wrote:
>I find that W2k runs quite a bit faster on similar hardware than
>XP.
>It's probably not quite so bogged down with added value extras.
>My VMC runs at 35kHz on a lowly 733MHz Celeron (256Mb ram) with W2K
>Pro without any service packs, just a base install straight off the
>CD. Add service pack 4 and it's pretty useless.
>If you are using external motion controllers it ought to run on
>much less.