Please thundebird...

Shortjob

...if I promise not to tell anyone, will you promise to send my email?

AngelSL

What old archaic version of Windows are you using?

Is that even Windows?

Shortjob

That's Windows 5.1 build 2600. It's archaic alright, but nothing else runs on my old hardware. ^^

dhromed

Ok, I'm going to ask it, consequences be damned.

@Shortjob said:

That's Windows 5.1 build 2600. It's archaic alright, but nothing else runs on my old hardware. ^^

Why do you run such old hardware?

Paddles

@Shortjob said:

That's Windows 5.1 build 2600. It's archaic alright, but nothing else runs on my old hardware.

You, sir, are TRWTF.

Not that I have anything against using ancient hardware to do useful stuff. But as your primary work machine?

DaveK1

@Paddles said:

@Shortjob said:
That's Windows 5.1 build 2600. It's archaic alright, but nothing else runs on my old hardware.
You, sir, are TRWTF.
Not that I have anything against using ancient hardware to do useful stuff. But as your primary work machine?

So according to the first random website with a graph of market share that I found, XP is still running on over 50% of all the machines out there. It's hardly vanishingly obsolete yet.

[Edit: removed misbegotten comment about service packs, which don't change the build number as I at first thought.]

bertram

@Paddles said:

But as your primary work machine?

Show me where it says that? Oh, and mind your own damn business.

Scarlet_Manuka

@DaveK said:

@Paddles said:
Not that I have anything against using ancient hardware to do useful stuff. But as your primary work machine?
So according to <A title=http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?spider=1&qprid=10 href="http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?spider=1&qprid=10" target=_blank>the first random website with a graph of market share that I found, XP is still running on over 50% of all the machines out there. It's hardly vanishingly obsolete yet.

Speaking as someone whose primary work machine is running on Windows XP, I'd have to agree. I see that even Windows 98 shows up on 0.03% of systems. I guess you can call that vanishingly obsolete, if you like.

As far as home goes... I have to admit: one XP/Ubuntu dual boot, two XP, one 98 (one of the kids' machines). So perhaps I'm part of the problem. :)

Shortjob

@dhromed said:

Why do you run such old hardware?

Because I've got no choice. My desktop recently broke down and I haven't gotten around to fixing it. Right now, I'm using this old XP notebook for work and an Ubuntu server for university stuff.