This is how my collection used to look like with how many I was able to obtain during XP’s demise that would’ve otherwise been thrown out before our home was foreclosed and I had to forfeit nearly the entire collection of desktop towers. Due to space constraints, I’d rather collect laptops that have the driver support necessary to downgrade back to an older Windows so that they can actually game - at least, that’s how I specifically tailor my hardware given its spec since I don’t care to replace the hard drives on machines this old as to be quadruple booting alongside multiple different SKUs of the same OS. It’s cheaper for me that way, since a lot of them were considered low-end even for the Windows they originally shipped with
I can see where you’re coming from. I do have some old laptops in the collection, which are late 2000's ones that can at least run XP at best with the correct drivers.
nice collection of machines! i had wondered why that pavilion dv9000 was running xp (since i am an avid vista sp2 enjoyer), but its good to know you still have the original restore disc lol. and in regards to that optiplex 980, dell kept the option of windows xp for their machines well up until the windows 8 era, so thats probably why youre seeing the xp sp3 install disc in the original configuration menu. and on a side note, got escargot/nina or crosstalk? they're both restoration projects for msn/windows live messenger and yahoo messenger and theyre both really neato
For your former question(s), I know on my end that the dv9000 series came with XP first, as they came out in 2006, a year before Vista came out in 2007. And yes, I do have a restore disc for my dv2620us laptop that my parents created back in October 2007 (I mentioned this in the vid). Also interesting to know how Dell had options for XP during the Windows 7-8 era, as I've used the 980's service tag to kind of confirm it myself. For your latter question, I've never even heard about those restoration projects myself! I've never had them, though, but I would like to try it myself one day when I have the time!
What the ?, Use Windows 98 dual version co-exist Microsoft Office 97 & Microsoft Office 2000 & Windows 2000 multi version co-exist Microsoft Office 97, Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office XP & Microsoft Office 2003 You should just only use one version Microsoft Office XP in Windows 2000, not multi version Microsoft Office 97, 2000, XP & 2003 in Windows 2000
To answer your question, this is just me. I just like to have multiple versions of Windows and multiple versions of Office together, even if it's just a very stupid idea for me to do so. The main reason for all of this is just because *I can*. I just like doing things that I like, as that's what my content here on the channel shows. If you don’t like it, then that’s fine.
Yeah, it definitely is a bit much considering that Office 97 & 2000 are already covered by the 98SE installation. Office 2003 follows the XP design language more so that’s where I’d rather use it, just because _you can_ doesn’t always mean you _should_ when it’s wasting up hard drive space
Nice collection you got there! Especially with the latest Dell Optiplex acquisitions
This is how my collection used to look like with how many I was able to obtain during XP’s demise that would’ve otherwise been thrown out before our home was foreclosed and I had to forfeit nearly the entire collection of desktop towers. Due to space constraints, I’d rather collect laptops that have the driver support necessary to downgrade back to an older Windows so that they can actually game - at least, that’s how I specifically tailor my hardware given its spec since I don’t care to replace the hard drives on machines this old as to be quadruple booting alongside multiple different SKUs of the same OS. It’s cheaper for me that way, since a lot of them were considered low-end even for the Windows they originally shipped with
I can see where you’re coming from. I do have some old laptops in the collection, which are late 2000's ones that can at least run XP at best with the correct drivers.
nice collection of machines! i had wondered why that pavilion dv9000 was running xp (since i am an avid vista sp2 enjoyer), but its good to know you still have the original restore disc lol. and in regards to that optiplex 980, dell kept the option of windows xp for their machines well up until the windows 8 era, so thats probably why youre seeing the xp sp3 install disc in the original configuration menu. and on a side note, got escargot/nina or crosstalk? they're both restoration projects for msn/windows live messenger and yahoo messenger and theyre both really neato
For your former question(s), I know on my end that the dv9000 series came with XP first, as they came out in 2006, a year before Vista came out in 2007. And yes, I do have a restore disc for my dv2620us laptop that my parents created back in October 2007 (I mentioned this in the vid). Also interesting to know how Dell had options for XP during the Windows 7-8 era, as I've used the 980's service tag to kind of confirm it myself.
For your latter question, I've never even heard about those restoration projects myself! I've never had them, though, but I would like to try it myself one day when I have the time!
What the ?, Use Windows 98 dual version co-exist Microsoft Office 97 & Microsoft Office 2000 & Windows 2000 multi version co-exist Microsoft Office 97, Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft Office XP & Microsoft Office 2003
You should just only use one version Microsoft Office XP in Windows 2000, not multi version Microsoft Office 97, 2000, XP & 2003 in Windows 2000
To answer your question, this is just me. I just like to have multiple versions of Windows and multiple versions of Office together, even if it's just a very stupid idea for me to do so. The main reason for all of this is just because *I can*.
I just like doing things that I like, as that's what my content here on the channel shows. If you don’t like it, then that’s fine.
Oh ok!
Yeah, it definitely is a bit much considering that Office 97 & 2000 are already covered by the 98SE installation. Office 2003 follows the XP design language more so that’s where I’d rather use it, just because _you can_ doesn’t always mean you _should_ when it’s wasting up hard drive space