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Microsoft Turns up the Heat on Windows 2000 Users

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 18th Dec 2006 18:48 UTC, submitted by Flatline

With the recent release of Microsoft's newest potential cash cows, Windows Vista and Office 2007, the company is expecting a wave of upgrades from users seeking the latest functionality. But what if you're not looking for new bells and whistles? What if you want to keep your old operating systems, such as Windows 2000, running as long as possible? Microsoft isn't making it easy for you.

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by stare on Mon 18th Dec 2006 19:41 UTC in reply to "RE"

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2005-07-06

Well, that's closer to truth. But backwards compatiblity is indeed not an issue for long time. I succesfully run some modern games under W2K with no performance difference over XP or Win2K3.

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by Kroc on Mon 18th Dec 2006 19:48 in reply to "RE"

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2005-11-10

I'm not referring to modern games. I'm referring to games that were released before Windows XP. Windows 2K was not very compatible with Windows 98 gaming at the time. I even had to dual boot Win98 and 2K back then.

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by stare on Mon 18th Dec 2006 19:55 in reply to "RE"

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2005-07-06

It wasnt the DirectX problem but rather the particular game(s) incompatibility with NT-based platform.

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