Several years ago I detailed the process of bringing XP compatibility to the NVIDIA Geforce 9-Series cards, and echoed similar sentiments about XP in that article.
Some software applications and games also lack compatibility with modern operating systems even if ran in compatibility mode or via a virtual machine.
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There are certain hardware products-including scanners, musical instruments and gaming components-that still serve a purpose but have no driver support beyond XP.
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64-bit processors are now the standard, rather than the exception.ĭespite all of the major OS releases since XP and the radically evolving technologies, I still find worthiness in maintaining a Windows XP install for specialized tasks ( yes, this article is written in 2018). Broadband Internet and wireless connectivity are now commonplace and the days of dial-up modems are but a relic from the past. Gaming machines and those built to accommodate the latest hardware (e.g., Oculus Rift) will have 32 GB of RAM, a blazing fast solid-state drive for their OS and core applications, and a dedicated video card that itself can contain gigabytes of video memory. 64-bit processors were still a mythical prospect to consumers.īy comparison, a typical Windows 10 workstation computer in 2018 will have at least 8 GB of RAM and 1 TB of hard drive space. External flash drives were still in their infancy and cost over $100 for 16 MB capacity. 128 MB of RAM would make programs speed along and a 30 GB hard drive was substantial. Back then, hard drives connected through IDE instead of SATA and dedicated graphics cards were powered by the now-defunct AGP standard instead of PCI Express, which was years away from inception.
In many ways, modern computers are alien compared to the hardware available during Windows XP's debut in 2001.
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