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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Don't be so sure.
Windows XP doesn't need online to be useful.
Indeed, these days it is only useful offline.
But there are still uses for it.
Chromebooks are thin clients that rely heavily on online services. Especially Google services. If the services won't support the older device... it's a boat anchor. Or a door stop.
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Originally Posted by arjaybe
Or a snappy linux machine.
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Yes, and yes.
Some might not remember when XP "came to an end - offiically" but
XP was/is the backbone of many ATM machines, Vending machines, tooling machines, process machines, etc. The hardware is in place, the programs written, and things work!
Sure replace when necessary and the "time" and funds are available.
My Win XP machine started back in the day with Win 98, then Win ME, then XP. It had Office 97 to begin with. It was a screamer back in the day with a 450MHz (1/2 G for the newbies) processor, and a 56K modem.
It has 2 hard drives.
I use it for simple network/router manager, a print server, charting machine and firstly and finally a "COLLECTOR." It still sits there day and night year after year searching for all those things that I have an interest in. My pile of "stuff" is now massive. Of course over the years those things have changed, from items from the old Bulletin Boards that Bob Metcalfe spoke of as the first "internet" to whatever it is we have today in the so called cloud (mainly a cloud of confusing terms) we are so in awe of.
By the way, Bob's "Metcalfe Law" even touches Bitcoin these days.
Metcalfe on Bitcoin
In my mind Bob was an under rated genius, though he made up for it in finance and investment. But I digress.
I imagine I will find a way to make do with my Chromebook. I usually do in these matters.