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Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers

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Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers

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As technology marches on, some people get trapped using decades-old software and devices. Here's a look inside the strange, stubborn world of obsolete Windows machines.
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    Go into an average US factory and see how much still runs on 95-Vista

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      The places I’ve seen in my area from various jobs, including IT and network installation sometimes still ran on an OS that pre-dates fucking DOS for their machinery. 😳

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