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    I can has Leopard thread?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by count_schemula, Oct 27, 2007.

  1. count_schemula

    count_schemula Notebook Deity

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    I have a friend running 10.3.x on a dual G5 2GHz. He's like 2 OSs behind and likely to stay that way.

    lolz, some people are weird like that...
     
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    Some people don't want to pay 130 dollars if there's works :)
     
    passive101, Oct 27, 2007
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    thnksfrthmmrs Notebook Evangelist

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    That's like my mom still using her Windows 2000. Some people are just not into computers and don't care.
     
    thnksfrthmmrs, Oct 27, 2007
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    Makes me wonder about those of us that are upgrade freaks.

    I mean, wouldn't Tiger and CS3 serve a designer well for many many years?

    I was going to upgrade my friend to Tiger, and I thought to myself, the only real "improvement" is Dashboard, and it's kinda stupid and I never use it myself. So, I just let him be.

    I usually match my Windows friends to their hardware. I have a friend still pimpin' a PIII 900MHz. I won't let him run XP, I just have him stuck on Windows 2000. It matches his hardware well and is just fine for what he does with the computer.

    I wish I could adopt the upgrade once a decade philosophy, would save a ton of money.
     
    count_schemula, Oct 27, 2007
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    I find it very ironic that many of the Future Shop computers use Windows 2000. Given their name, Future Shop, they sure are ancient :D.
     
    Sam, Oct 27, 2007
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    BigfnD17 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an old computer in my basement that is still running Windows ME........not that it runs that great lol
     
    BigfnD17, Oct 27, 2007
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    It most likely isn't running great because it's running ME. Worst version of Windows EVER. :eek:
     
    HLdan, Oct 28, 2007
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    ya no kidding, hence the reason i only use my xp machine
     
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    Weird. I have an old PIII 750MHz desktop which runs xp fine, and in Canada I had an even older pII 300MHz that ran xp fine as well. Why wouldn't it let your friend run xp???
     
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    Mostly because Windows 2000 is fine for what he does with laptop and only had 256MB ram, I think he has 392MB now.

    I'm sure it would run XP, there was no compelling reason to do so.

    He has a Windows 2000 era computer, so it's a good match.

    Windows 2000 was a solid OS. Even I was slow to move to XP.
     
    count_schemula, Oct 28, 2007
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