Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget

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Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
« Réponse #17, le 15 Mai 2011 à 17:05 »
For me, older versions of Windows are especially useful for non-internet machines where I want to run other older software even a dos application and if HDD space is limited.

Windows 7 64 bit users can still do that by downloading the freebie DosBox.

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Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
« Réponse #18, le 15 Mai 2011 à 17:32 »
For non-net machines, older versions are fine; I have a box in my back room that only has 32MB RAM and Win95, for example. But for my day to day stuff, I wouldn't touch that with a barge pole.

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Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
« Réponse #19, le 15 Mai 2011 à 22:20 »
The only problem with Windows 7 is that offline activation relies on ACPI, the very concept criticizes by Linus Torvalds, I hope Linux users feel better now. :D

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Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
« Réponse #22, le 16 Mai 2011 à 12:40 »
Bill isn't really involved with Microsoft any more; really it's Steve Ballmer you need, and he's just too funny not to have around, really...

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Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
« Réponse #23, le 16 Mai 2011 à 15:05 »
Yeah...
Reminds me of 'Pirates of Silicon Valley', with Jobs, Gates and Ballmer among others. It's a fun movie :P Ballmer's part is priceless. He's played by a famous voice actor. (Bender in Futurama, no less!)

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Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
« Réponse #25, le 17 Mai 2011 à 23:50 »
Citation de Arantor le 15 Mai 2011 à 16:59
Even though recent independent studies show it is still more insecure than Windows 7 (esp. 64 bit installs)?
If you talk about win xp then i just can say taht my laptop doesn't work well with win 7. I don't have any win vista or win 7 drivers or would the ram in it be enough to use it. (But I do have win 7 installation. I bought a family pack :D)

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Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
« Réponse #27, le 18 Mai 2011 à 13:38 »
Citation de Arantor le 18 Mai 2011 à 01:36
As per links earlier in this thread, Win7 does run on P266 with 96MB RAM... just slowly...
Yeah, I noticed that it works, but I want my to run fast. I'm thinking about putting two 2GB ram sticks into my laptop. Then I can switch over to Win 7 :)