Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers
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Depends if the photo was taken recently or at the time W95 was around...
Hey she could still be chill and using Win 95 to this day!
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I'd still be using Windows 7 if I could.
I mean, you can if you want to
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I would still be using Windows 7 if it was safe to connect to the internet.
I can't believe government systems are just open to cyber security like that.
Are there not cyber terrorists for some teenager that has tried to do anything with these unsecured systems?
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I run a computer on Win7 at work, because it needs some important legacy software. It can't be containered because it has a nasty licence manager.
And my oscilloscope runs on Win98.
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I mean, you can if you want to
It's not safe and all that stuff.
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Yeah, I'm well aware. But how much of my time would it take to get a bunch of windows software running smoothly on Linux?
I do appreciate the offer of personal help, that's an extremely generous offer to an internet stranger. Sincerely, thank you!
Check if there's alternatives to what you use in Windows, or if there's a Linux version. Decide if you need to use the windows program, or if the Linux equivalent will work. There may be a learning curve to using a different program, but I haven't yet really found anything that doesn't have an equivalent that isn't a program paired with hardware that will only work with each other.
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Windows 8 removed the start button, 8.1 brought back most all of the "legacy" UI features (which still persist today).
It might be. I remember buying a laptop at that time and it came with 8 and it annoyed me so dang much.
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I've been trying tk get family to switch to Linux, but some are irrationally attached to MS Word. I wonder if Office 2003 will run in Wine?
I've had success with Office 2010 under Wine.
WineHQ - Microsoft Office (installer only) 2010 (64 bit)
Open Source Software for running Windows applications on other operating systems.
(appdb.winehq.org)
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Ancient industrial machines use ancient windows computers. This has been known forever. There's a whole niche industry of very expensive ram and hard drives and other components keeping this industry going
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The elevator was running Windows XP.
Clearly an extreme case of overengineering. A elevator has no business running more than a few microcontrollers.
But how else can it book requests for priority access, and verify the credit card for whoever booked the elevator?
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The elevator was running Windows XP.
Clearly an extreme case of overengineering. A elevator has no business running more than a few microcontrollers.
In highrises with lots of stops and users, it uses some more advanced software to schedule the optimal stops, or distribute the load between multiple lifts. A similar concept exists for HDD controllers, where the read write arm must move to different positions to load data stored on different plates and sectors, and Repositioning the head is a slow and expensive process that cuts down the data transfer rate.
