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Is anyone still using anything below Windows XP?

deanhills

deanhills

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I'm still on Win XP. But am planning on a complete upgrade within the next six months or so. Currently we are still on XP at work, as because of budget cuts, the hardware can't be upgraded and Windows 7 requires more resources. I like my home and work computers at least to be on the same platform, but get a feeling that I'm probably going to be more up to date at home than at work very soon.

I still have Windows98 that I bought a few years ago just for fun. I had planned to make a fun present out it for my cousin who couldn't stop talking about it. I may still do it one of these days.
 
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deanhills said:
I'm still on Win XP. But am planning on a complete upgrade within the next six months or so. Currently we are still on XP at work, as because of budget cuts, the hardware can't be upgraded and Windows 7 requires more resources. I like my home and work computers at least to be on the same platform, but get a feeling that I'm probably going to be more up to date at home than at work very soon.

I still have Windows98 that I bought a few years ago just for fun. I had planned to make a fun present out it for my cousin who couldn't stop talking about it. I may still do it one of these days.
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To be honest, if you are not using any apps which need Windows specifically, you should also consider to use Linux for your work computer.
At least, it can greatly cut down the budget...
 
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I still use windows xp. For me it has been a very stable operating system and also it runs very fast. I dont really need all the flashy stuff that comes with the newer operating systems and I just dont see a need to upgrade.
 
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fsd

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Ya I still have a windows 98 machine, (Though i did put windows 2000 on it)
I keep it around because my newest computer doesn't run some of those old games very well. And its pretty fast for a 12 year old computer.
 
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fsd said:
Ya I still have a windows 98 machine, (Though i did put windows 2000 on it)
I keep it around because my newest computer doesn't run some of those old games very well. And its pretty fast for a 12 year old computer.
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Between Win98 and Win2K, I think it is better for you to run Win2K, since its hardware requirement is not much different.
Running in NT technology, it far better than Win9x anyway.
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fsd

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Between Win98 and Win2K, I think it is better for you to run Win2K, since its hardware requirement is not much different.
Running in NT technology, it far better than Win9x anyway.
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I always LOVED windows 98 but it had the memory leek problem, but Windows 2000 is very nice runs well
 
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JerrickYeoh

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Nope. Window 7 is almost perfect and what the point of using old OS .
It troublesome to use OS that too old and not friendly usage for now anymore.
 
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socialz

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People that are using OS below windowx xp should upgrade. Those OS really are a lost of time in my opinion.
 
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Dutch

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socialz said:
People that are using OS below windowx xp should upgrade. Those OS really are a lost of time in my opinion.
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Exactly, and if you cannot get updates for the OS anymore, then do you really feel safe having a machine in your network that could be a risk ?
 
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jsholman

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My friend collects computers with different OS's. He has two with Windows 95, however he rarely uses them, just for fun:)
 
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John_M

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I hope no one is. But I have XP and don't plan on upgrading anytime soon. Maybe I will skip all of the way to 8 eventually lol
 
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