Win2000 Still Performs on 8-year-old Hardware 688
Daniel Iversen writes "Still 95% compatible with Windows XP, The Windows 2000 OS still runs very well on very old hardware - hardware with low specs it was never even meant to run on (tech setup guide - not a review). The broad question is, does the fact that you can remain compatible with today's applications and data on hardware that is almost a decade old, impede PC sales?"
That's bullshit (Score:0, Funny)
I've read it here on Slashdot dozens of times.
How does this relate to Michael Jackson? (Score:-1, Funny)
The Answer Is... (Score:4, Funny)
No! I mean, Yes! Wait....No!
What the heck? (Score:3, Funny)
*looks outside*
Four horsemen of the apocalypse... check! Carry on then...
Obligatory... (Score:4, Funny)
Btw, Linux also runs on toasters, coffee machines, ipod's etc.
I just use my turbo button! (Score:5, Funny)
WTF? (Score:3, Funny)
Screw compatible, I need to get my work done today. Those old PCs were painfully slow running Win2K. Even just simple resizing of photos in Photoshop was asking a lot.
Combine that with the fact that the interface on XP is still inconsistent crap compared to OS X, and things still take too long to accomplish.
Re:Obligatory... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Making Up Lost Ground (Score:3, Funny)
"Microsoft is encouraging people to throw away computers, huh? [stroking chin] Interesting... but how does this relate to their involvement in the JFK assassination? More research is needed..."
5 yr old software on 8 yr old hardware!?!?!?!? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:So what? (Score:3, Funny)
so what purpose does the article serve, other than the rather mediocre instructional value?
It's a safety valve to ensure that the Slashdot signal-to-noise ratio [wikipedia.org] remains constant.
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Re:Obligatory... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The Answer Is... (Score:3, Funny)
No but I play one on TV.
involvement in the JFK assassination? (Score:5, Funny)
The Warren Commission had to get rid of many megabytes of data related to the investigation of the assassination for fear that future researchers using advanced artificial intelligence algorythms (cool, two root Arabic words in the same English sentence) would uncover the grand conspiracy.
They turned to a 'boy genius' 9-year-old computer whiz living in a middle-class suburb in Seattle. No one would believe that a boy would be able to accomplish this task, and so the deed went completely unnoticed. Twenty years later, huge government contracts went secretly to the now-grown-up whiz's little company (along with the services of the government's most advanvanced programmer's who were able to the boy's hopeless operating system into near working condition).
So there!
Re:I just use my turbo button! (Score:5, Funny)
Well He|| I'm not even 95% compatible (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Obligatory... (Score:5, Funny)
You're not even close to the options available - Linux-enabled toasters allow you to toast to 32-bit resolution of doneness, and with the right loadable kernel module, also allow you to toast grayscale images from all supported image formats (BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, PostScript, etc) directly on your toast. (They're waiting for the toaster manufacturers to support inkjet heads with edible color ink before allowing color image files).
Planned further enhancements include autoadjustment for type of toast being used (requiring an internal heat-resistant CCD camera to examine the pattern of the toast surface), but right now you have to specify one of the 64 predefined keywords indicating toast pattern in the toaster's /etc/toasttype.conf file.
Oh wait, you were talking about Joe Sixpack. Well, just show him the feature which autoselects a random image from his extensive porn collection - I'm sure he'll see the benefits of open-source then.
P.S. I'm not kidding about the toaster display device [theregister.co.uk], although I doubt it's running Linux :-)
Re:NO (Score:2, Funny)
And hey, DOS is somewhat compatable with WinXP. DoomII will run on either system.
Re:Windows Server 2003 is the new Windows 2000 (Score:2, Funny)
really? you must not be looking too hard. i found win2k for about $0 (www.mininova.org) and 2k3 for the same price!
acording to my comparison, the difference is $0!! so it doesnt really matter which one you choose
Re:Mod me "obvious" but... (Score:3, Funny)
I recently had to compact a 2GB
Show me the 75MHz Pentium.
Re:Duh (Score:3, Funny)
D:\pictures\2005\0510-vacation pics\
it is right after
D:\pictures\2005\0501-birthday pics\
you do not need a database to organize your digital stuff, just a little thought ahead of time.8^)
Punchline? (Score:2, Funny)
"Win2000 Still Performs on 8-year-old Hardware"
It sounds like a punchline to a bad Michael Jackson joke.