No IE7 For 2k, Now In Extended Service

Posted by Zonk on Sunday May 29, 2005 @10:42AM from the not-quite-do-it-yourself-but-close dept.

Yankovic writes "Looks like MS will not support IE7 on Windows 2000. 'It should be no surprise that we do not plan on releasing IE7 for Windows 2000... [S]ome of the security work in IE7 relies on operating system functionality in XPSP2 that is non-trivial to port back to Windows 2000.' While security fixes will still be available until 2010, I guess that means the only browsers with tabs for W2k will be Opera and Firefox." All the details about an MS product's fall into senility available at the lifecycle page.

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Re:One More Reason to Keep Win2K by RemovableBait · 2005-05-29 12:11 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Unless the Win2K machine is a server, you'd actually upgrade to WinXP Professional (the slightly-less-shitty-non-home-user version), not XP "Home Edition" (read: half the price, half the functionality). The biggest difference between WinXP Pro and Server 2k3 is the inclusion of server side tools and a ridiculously bloated price -- 2k3 is not necessary for a workstation.

But, tbh, I'd stick with Firefox too -- I'd switch to Firefox when presented with the option of further lining Bill's pockets.