Experiment, however, proves it’s painfully slow

Apr 29, 2022 20:13 GMT  ·  By

Windows XP reached the end of life in April 2014, but this doesn’t necessarily mean the world has already given up on this super-popular operating system.

Launched in 2001, Windows XP represented a major transformation of Microsoft’s desktop operating system, pretty much pushing the platform to the modern software we’re using today.

Windows XP was obviously optimized for the hardware that time’s hardware, but of course, it feels at home on newer computers as well.

How about older systems?

As it turns out, Windows XP can even run on 1MHz computers. As weird as that may sound, Windows XP can still boot on such a slow Intel Pentium processor, even though the experience overall is painful, to say the least.

The experiment was conducted by NTDEV, who detailed the whole thing on Twitter. In case you’re wondering how long it takes for Windows XP to boot on a 1MHz computer, the answer perfectly highlights what to expect from such an idea.

The operating system needs no more, no less than 3 full hours to load, but you know the saying, it’s better late than never, right?

Once Windows XP finally boots, everything is obviously incredibly slow as well. However, it can actually run some apps as well, obviously if you’re willing to wait a while for them to launch.

On the other hand, the shutting down experience isn’t by any means what you’d normally expect. Trying to power off a computer running Windows XP ends with an infamous Blue Screen of Death, most likely because the system has run out of memory.

For what it’s worth, it’s believed less than 1 percent of the world’s PCs are currently on Windows XP, but of course, all are using newer hardware that can handle the operating system in a less painful way overall.