Is anyone still running windows 2000?
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My dad still has an old POS 486 that's used for scanning and that runs Windows 95
I used to dream about owning a 486.
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I'm not that far behind. But I'm still on xp
was asked to "fix" a computer the other day...
nearly died when it was a 286 with 1 meg ram and windows 3.11. they said they had a "huge" hard drive in it. 20 meg seagate was the sight that greeted me when I removed the 6 inches of dust!!!
Their other machine was an Amiga 500 with 512 meg ram.....much much better, and used for "those graphics type thingys"
nearly died when it was a 286 with 1 meg ram and windows 3.11. they said they had a "huge" hard drive in it. 20 meg seagate was the sight that greeted me when I removed the 6 inches of dust!!!
Their other machine was an Amiga 500 with 512 meg ram.....much much better, and used for "those graphics type thingys"
God that brings back memories. My first Windows computer was a Compaq 286 laptop.
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/2223/Compaq-Portable-SLT-286-1903/
Quick Specs:
It even had a little handle you pulled out of the front. I ended up part exchanging it for a 386 desktop with a colour screen.
It makes me sound a lot older than I am it's amazing how things have changed in such a short space of time.
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/2223/Compaq-Portable-SLT-286-1903/
Quick Specs:
- 12 Mhz processor
- 8.5 inches thin
- Detachable keyboard
- 20mb hard disk
- Weighs 14lb(!)
It even had a little handle you pulled out of the front. I ended up part exchanging it for a 386 desktop with a colour screen.
It makes me sound a lot older than I am it's amazing how things have changed in such a short space of time.
Oh god, I can remember my dad having one of those for work.
Bloke I know was running Win98 with a dialup modem until I helped him get an i3 laptop and broadband a couple of months back.
One of the 'problems' with WinXP on older hardware is that it can be a little bloated with SP3 instaled. I remember in the early days I would boot XP and have a memory footprint under 100MB, but nowadays it seems like a good 200meg gets swallowed up just for the OS.
One of the 'problems' with WinXP on older hardware is that it can be a little bloated with SP3 instaled. I remember in the early days I would boot XP and have a memory footprint under 100MB, but nowadays it seems like a good 200meg gets swallowed up just for the OS.
My old school used to run Win 95 pc's. My Grandad used to run windows me but then that caused an issue with vista, so I moved that onto XP.
My college probably still uses windows 2000 on their server, or at the very least windows 2003, from the look of when the PC's were built.
Would it be cruel to install ME to my mates PC, just before he gets back off holiday...
My college probably still uses windows 2000 on their server, or at the very least windows 2003, from the look of when the PC's were built.
Don't be silly, no Microsoft ME computers are still running
Would it be cruel to install ME to my mates PC, just before he gets back off holiday...
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yes... and AWESOME.
take pictures
backup his install before you put ME on...
Tried it last night and in true ME style, setup crashed and It wouldn't run. Tried 95 and 98, both of them wouldn't run as well.
Windows 7 at home, but at work we still have a lot of windows 2000.
Our terminal servers are still Windows 2000 Adv Server, we have a number of 2000 serves though their are reducing.
All out tills use Windows 2000 as do the back offices they talk to, so in terms of devices we probably have around 1000 devices still running Windows 2000.
Kimbie
Our terminal servers are still Windows 2000 Adv Server, we have a number of 2000 serves though their are reducing.
All out tills use Windows 2000 as do the back offices they talk to, so in terms of devices we probably have around 1000 devices still running Windows 2000.
Kimbie