Like a stuntperson who just keeps tempting death by pushing the landing ramp farther and farther back, hackerman1 didn’t just stop with that meager system loadout. He continued to alter the memory amount, achieving success with two of three setups: 128 MB and 96 MB. Unfortunately, Windows 7 didn’t seem to enjoy only having 64 megabytes of memory to work with, marking hackerman’s stopping point with that version of the experiment.
That’s not to say that he’s planning on stopping for good, however. Next up? A Pentium I machine featuring a 166 MHz CPU paired with a 1 MB graphics card. After that, maybe hackerman1 can break inject some Aero graphics into his trusty abacus. Although he didn’t say how long it took him to install or boot the operating system, other forum users have chimed in and timed the installation for a Pentium III-based system at a low 17 continuous hours. And the boot time? 17 minutes.
Screenshots below.
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128 MB memory
96 MB memory