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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

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

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

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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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As technology marches on, some people get trapped using decades-old software and devices. Here's a look inside the strange, stubborn world of obsolete Windows machines.
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    I would totally hang with that lady in the thumbnail lol

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      My wife still using windows 2000 on her laptop. Still boots and runs. She just doesn’t connect it to the internet.

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      Depends if the photo was taken recently or at the time W95 was around…

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        7 hours ago

        Hey she could still be chill and using Win 95 to this day!

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