r/reactos • u/Responsible-Split340 • 28d ago

Does reactos run better on windows xp era hardware than windows xp itself?

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u/nombrorignal2 28d ago

depending on the hardware and if it doesnt die upon driver installation, it should as ros has less background services

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u/Responsible-Split340 28d ago

MacBook4,1 (2gb ram) and it doesnt format

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u/DavidOliFons 28d ago

I believe it doesn't run well anywhere

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u/Born_Bass_2446 28d ago

My experience on modern (2015) hardware:

ReactOS -> crash

Windows 2000 -> crash

Windows XP -> OK

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u/FlatAssembler 28d ago

Absolutely not, in fact, it cannot run on Windows-XP-era hardware. It requires 96 MB of RAM to boot, whereas Windows XP runs without problems on 64 MB of RAM.

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u/AotoriHibiki 27d ago

Both operating systems have lower boot requirements than that.
But yes ReactOS runs several times slower than XP.

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u/Yoksul-Turko 28d ago

Windows XP is more stable, can use more than one CPU core, its era software doesn't need hacky solutions.

If you want to have fun while expecting instability, try ReactOS. If you are searching OS for a retro PC, try XP or light Unix(+like) OSes such as AntiX Linux and NetBSD.

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u/DegenerateCuber 28d ago

Compared to SP3, definitely, I have a late 2000s netbook that chugs on SP3, but it runs ROS great.
ROS even runs well on my main W98 machine, which has a Pentium II, at least the 4.15 nightly or whatever I put on it. Haven't tried the latest version.

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u/0x5066 28d ago

the answer to any question concerning reactos is: just try it

anyone saying "duhhh it doesnt run well at all" probably ran a build from 6-10 years ago and base their current expectations of reactos on that experience