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Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fne8w2ah@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250516-the-people-stuck-using-ancient-windows-computers

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  • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Stuck? What can you do that I can’t on Windows 7?

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    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Read an article, apparently - it explains why the old systems are still in use.

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  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I like the little typo … c:// :)

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  • Thrawne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think i still have a copy of this OS. Along with NT4.0 and various others. I hoard stuff like this.

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  • tamal3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I just found the Warcraft install disk for Windows 98 if y’all need something to do…

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