Did actually people still using windows such windows 2000 neither XP or Vista?

[aqilzs]

Did people still using old operating system windows?such like windows 2000,XP or even Vista.I don't thing so because 2018 people still using windows xp for gaming...

Did suitable for gaming using such old windows?

[RedwoodAyy]

Windows XP and Vista don't have most of the files, ability to download drivers, or even capability to realistically run a modern AAA game. This also works vice versa, where Windows 10 does not have the capability to run these older games without an emulator. Windows XP and Vista are still used though, typically for small home theatres and game emulation. I have probably 4 Windows XP systems lying around. Microsoft has stopped supporting Windows XP, and with it, many users of it are quickly departing. 

[EPPHO]

Yes, some old games don't work with new hardware and OS.

[samcool55]

I have a system that uses XP and use it from time to time.

Some games just don't run on current OS's.

 

The system i have is offline but it still has a purpose.

[3 Lions]

I do use old versions of Windows on Oracle VirtualBox but I just end up deleting system32 on them because I'm bored

[AskTJ]

People do still use them, but mostly to play older games that wont work on more modern Windows operating systems, as well as having a retro build. Why not?

[wojtepanik]

not really, for gaming xp and vista is a no go, but for POS, ATM xp's are being used a lot, 

[NelizMastr]

Vista was supported by most games up until 2017 as it supported DX10 and DX11 API's and was still supported by Microsoft. It was game over very quickly afterwards, though. XP was already 3 years obsolete by the time Vista was axed, but the user base has always been much bigger due to a much larger software library and better support for legacy applications and games.

 

Both are still in limited use, but mostly offline at this point.

[Radium_Angel]

A few years ago I installed WinNT (4.0) on a modern(ish) laptop. Quite the fun experience to get everything to work, including USB (yes, USB did work under NT 4.0, if you had the drivers)

[Supportsneedlove]

My Grandma' uses Vista, does that count?

[Mira Yurizaki]

A lot of games from the early 90s to early 2000s are much more happy on Windows 98 SE than any of the Windows NT versions. So a lot of retro PC gamers use that OS to play those games. Otherwise, if someone is using a really old version of Windows, it's probably running some ancient hardware or something else that the company can't be half arsed to replace or they're really into that "if it an't broke, don't fix it" philosopy

[flibberdipper]

21 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

A lot of games from the early 90s to early 2000s are much more happy on Windows 98 SE than any of the Windows NT versions. So a lot of retro PC gamers use that OS to play those games. Otherwise, if someone is using a really old version of Windows, it's probably running some ancient hardware or something else that the company can't be half arsed to replace or they're really into that "if it an't broke, don't fix it" philosopy

And let's not forget the ones that are SUPER cunty about only working on 9x/ME and not NT because they're stupid.

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 minute ago, tmcclelland455 said:

And let's not forget the ones that are SUPER cunty about only working on 9x/ME and not NT because they're stupid.

There's a reason why Microsoft skipped Windows 9

[Guest]

If I still had my old computer, I’d still be using windows XP. 

[ScreX]

Yes usually if you wanna play some retro games which absolutely don't run as good on anything else. Second reason might be just for nostalgia and third would be just because some people don't feel like moving to the next gen. I remember, the last semester I had this physics professor, she was using windows XP, and I asked her why? She just said : "It just works fine, don't need anything fancy". So yeah many people do use ancient windows.

[Pavilion]

Yes, especially Windows XP I was shocked that a lot of factories are still using this windows until this day! I don't know why factories don't update their software.

[aezakmi]

a friend uses XP because there's no way to install 7 on his pc, tried a ton of USBs, DVDs and the setup crashes so he's stuck with that

 

I also use XP in my uni netbook because even 7 starter lags in that thing and I can't afford a mac or an i7 laptop like 1st world students, been using it for 2 years and anything at all happened to it, I can even run light games on it which is kind of a miracle considering it only has 1GB memory and a single core CPU, seamonkey for internet and that's it, I just need to use Word to write stuff and Powerpoint for presentations so I use the 2003 version which works fine

 

the only computer at my old high school has windows 98 first edition

 

[Razor Blade]

I have an old P4 laptop that runs XP. I use it to run older games I own that have trouble running on DosBox. I keep it off network though. No need to connect it to internet.