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| From | Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP |
| Message-ID | <lin6i99ghdlam2i4lo3a22qidi7areae87@4ax.com> (permalink) |
| References | <lfun91$h2o$1@solani.org> <sce6i9doldbf9agp9v8r179lb6vmm5foqd@4ax.com> <lfvmcl$4sf$2@solani.org> |
| Organization | virginmedia.com |
| Date | 2014-03-14 20:06 +0000 |
On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:47:33 +0000 (UTC), RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote: >On 2014-03-14, Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> wrote: >> On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:56:33 +0000 (UTC), RS Wood >><rsw@therandymon.com> wrote: >> >>>Better double check... >> >> Just checked, and guess what? It says "You are NOT running Windows >> XP", which is all perfectly true, I'm running Windows 2000 SP4 :-) > >Holy cow, you win! For shits and giggles in February I decided I'd >install Windows on a virtual machine so I could play around. I >immediately gave up on Win7, even though I use it at work. WinXP had >heavy requirements (# of GB for a base install) but I found myself >wishing I could track down a Win2000 disk, as it was pretty modest. > >What's the point of a virtual machine running an OS that requires 20GB >for an install? Well, one reason why MS made the storage requirements 20 times larger than win2k was possibly to put people off the idea of turning their latest PoS OS into a "Disposable App". That wouldn't stop me, however, from _only_ tolerating winXP and offspring as VM installs. More likely it was because 'they could' (they'd developed another 19GB's worth of bloat they just had to use up and the hardware improvements in storage capacity and performance since the days of wiin 2k would allow them to get away with it without too much change to the apparent responsiveness of the system). It pays not to lose sight of the fact that every MS "Upgrade" is effectively a hardware downgrade. -- Regards, J B Good
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How to tell if you're running WinXP RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-14 10:56 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Adrian C <email@here.invalid> - 2014-03-14 11:44 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-14 18:48 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-14 19:47 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-14 21:03 +0100
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-14 20:06 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-14 21:19 +0100
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-14 22:28 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-15 03:18 +0100
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-03-14 20:58 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-16 04:20 +0100
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-17 10:35 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-19 22:38 +0100
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Elmer <efudd@invalid.com> - 2014-03-14 20:55 -0500
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-15 12:41 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-03-15 14:09 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-15 16:52 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-03-15 18:10 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-17 10:34 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-03-17 12:35 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-19 16:31 +0100
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-15 14:20 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-15 16:21 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-15 16:54 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-15 17:20 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-15 17:32 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-15 18:01 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-15 19:19 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-17 19:18 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-17 19:27 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-17 21:38 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-17 10:33 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-16 12:13 +0100
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP despen@verizon.net (Dan.Espen) - 2014-03-14 15:53 -0400
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-14 20:25 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-14 22:26 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-15 00:51 +0000
Re: How to tell if you're running WinXP Scion <a.b@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-20 16:41 +0000
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