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What is the most recent version of Firefox which will run on an Intel Atom chipped Win XP netbook?

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Netbook runs XP SP3 but has not been updated for several years - it is kept for use during long hospital stays - Firefox update says that spec is inadequate - what is the latest version which will work?

Netbook runs XP SP3 but has not been updated for several years - it is kept for use during long hospital stays - Firefox update says that spec is inadequate - what is the latest version which will work?

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hello, if it's device with windows xp sp3, i don't see a reason why the latest version of firefox (firefox 27 at the moment) wouldn't run on it: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/27.0/system-requirements/

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Firefox doesn't run on a Netbook with an Intel Atom processor, Firefox only runs on desktop computers and on mobile devices with the Android OS.

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hello, if it's device with windows xp sp3, i don't see a reason why the latest version of firefox (firefox 27 at the moment) wouldn't run on it: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/27.0/system-requirements/

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I originally got a message saying that I needed a multicore processor to run the latest Firefox - don' know where it came from but you were right - I've tried again & all went smoothly. Many thanks.

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Thanks for your reply but it does work - I've finally got Firefox 17 up & running