Odd question...

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    ...but, has anyone tried Win2K on the AA1? I know its older, but I am just curious. Do you think there would be any potential problems? Overheating? Anything I may not be smart enough to know? I am curious and nostalgic for the OS, and was wondering before I tried it out to see if there would be any show stoppers. Thanks in advance for putting up with the crazy man.
     
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    Win2k is OK for AA1. Does not require that much resources like XP and Vista. There was no problem with drivers - most of hardware works out-of-the-box. Available to download drivers works with Win2k very good. I had no problems with this OS. As you mentioned this system is old and no longer supported by M$...
     
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    Rock on. Thanks a lot. I'll give it a whirl now!

    One more thing...how is the power management? Does it run hot?
     
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    I had no problems with this at all. Temperature was normal - same with XP or Linux...
     
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