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More info?)
Makes you wonder if some forces of collusion are not at work to force people to
XP?
If one is hell-bent on running Windows 2000 Pro on a newer laptop, it would
probably require a lot of research to scare up all the drivers required, same as
if one would try to run Windows 2000 Server on a newer server boxs.
Miost desktop systems now pretty much use mainstream chipsets for which Windows
2000 drivers can be found. But servers and laptops use off-the-beaten path
chipsets for various reasons, and a newer off-the-beaten path chipset may simply
not have a driver for the older Windows 2000... Ben Myers
On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 08:03:34 -0400, "MrMike6by9" <MrMike6by9@hotmail.com> wrote:
>We saw problems at work about 2 years ago with the network guys tried to
>install W2K Pro on a new Dell Laptop that shipped with XP. At that time,
>they did not support XP on the LAN. It was never happy due to internals that
>didn't work under W2K so they eventually installed XP and began to convert
>all 3000+ desktops to XP.
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>YMMV
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><ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
>news:4135fd65.10187422@news.charter.net...
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>> Honestly, if your desire to use NT 4.0 has to do with the fact that you
>are put
>> off by Windows XP, then consider Windows 2000 Pro. If your desire to use
>NT 4.0
>> is tied to existing expensive NT 4.0 server licenses already paid for,
>using NT
>> 4.0 on a newer Dell may prove to be penny-wise and pound-foolish.
>>
>> ... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 01:52:02 -0500, DLN <dln@dln.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> >Is it possible to install Windows NT 4 on the latest Dell hardware?
>> >
>> >Thanks.
>>
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