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Re: Windows XP End Of Support Countdown Gadget
« Reply #17, on May 15th, 2011, 05:05 PM »
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
« Reply #18, on May 15th, 2011, 05:32 PM »
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
« Reply #19, on May 15th, 2011, 10:20 PM »
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
« Reply #22, on May 16th, 2011, 12:40 PM »
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
« Reply #23, on May 16th, 2011, 03:05 PM »
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
« Reply #25, on May 17th, 2011, 11:50 PM »
Quote from Arantor on May 15th, 2011, 04:59 PM
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
« Reply #27, on May 18th, 2011, 01:38 PM »
Quote from Arantor on May 18th, 2011, 01:36 AM
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 :)
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