Installing Windows 95 on a 486 Gateway 2000

[@PC_Tech76]

This was the first PC that I owned back in the early 90s. Originally, my parents bought it with a 386sx 16Mhz processor, 2mb of ram and a 40meg hard drive. At that time, it came with MS Dos 5.0 and Windows 3.0. A couple of years later, Gateway was offering an upgrade to the motherboard with a 486dx2 processor (which I bought) + an extra 2 mb of ram upgrade. I later swapped out the 5 1/4 disk drive for a Sound Blaster CD-ROM drive and added a Sound Blaster sound card. That was my PC up until I went to College. Many fond memories of this machine... All that's left from it now are the 124 key "Any Key" keyboard and 2 huge Manuals for Windows 3.0 and Dos 5.0. I don't know why, but I have a huge nostalgia feeling for these machines... Thanks for sharing!

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

🎵This windows 95 is sucking up my drive...🎵

[@dasmin1135]

After watching this, I want my 486 based Compaq Presario back.

[@andresbravo2003]

Damn. That’s why I like it when this is going!

[@dukeburger1799]

do you live at the mall?

[@seasidegalaxystreet]

Billy are you going to make a clothing line?

[@Cortana_longfall]

A 486DX2 66MHz only 486 or it can be upgraded beyond the DX2 66MHz?

[@jjohnson71958]

u also need win95 network drivers from gateway

[@jjohnson71958]

give it a 12gb bigfoot tx 5.25 hdd just for fun billy coore

[@marksmith9566]

Will Win98 run on this?

[@dylanash2569]

Probably, but anything past 95b would probably slow down a 486. But it should run decently enough

[@cappaculla]

@@dylanash2569 Why would win95 C slow down a 486 compared to B

[@dylanash2569]

@@cappaculla Spec wise its on par with 98. c has most of the features as 98 rtm. On paper it would work fine on a 486, but it would just be a little slower on a 386 or 486.

[@cappaculla]

@@dylanash2569 Nahh, no discernible difference to be fair... I've been installing windows since its been in early beta (I worked at MS in Ireland 91-97 doing allot of localisation and dev support). And 95c ran just fine on a DX-50 with 8mb... Win 98, yep 16 to 24 on preferably a p5 75.

[@mica7191]

@@dylanash2569 Running 98 would be like putting a weiling V12 into a regular road car... 486 is a 1989 processor...

[@SamOlds2999]

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[@ThatOneWindowsFan]

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