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Win2000 Still Performs on 8-year-old Hardware

Posted by timothy on from the probably-on-some-8-year-olds'-hardware-too dept.

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?"

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  1. Making Up Lost Ground by TPIRman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    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?

    Of course. Why do you think Windows XP is designed to make people throw their computers away? Microsoft has to make up lost ground after the Windows 2000 debacle.

    1. Re:Making Up Lost Ground by artifex2004 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
      Of course. Why do you think Windows XP is designed to make people throw their computers away?


      They were just following Apple's lead, yet again?