is F@H compatible with Win2K?

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harry48
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is F@H compatible with Win2K?

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a friend wants to join folding and join the team , he asked the following , can you help

I would like to join F@H, but have been hesitant due to my computer's age,
what is the requirements of it? Can I change it to low RAM/CPU usage?


Sorry for the double reply, but after install It seemed to not
run(I guess it can't run under Win 2K)Is there an older version of F@H compatible with Win2K?
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Re: is F@H compatible with Win2K?

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v6 clients won't run on Win2k, but he can still use the previous v5 client ...

Older clients can be downloaded here : http://folding.stanford.edu/English/DownloadOld
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Re: is F@H compatible with Win2K?

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thank you i will let him know and then came back , harry
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Re: is F@H compatible with Win2K?

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Keep in mind that an iPhone, and certainly a current laptop, may be more powerful then a CPU from that era. So the overall benefit may not be enough to justify heating up the room with an ancient computer.
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Re: is F@H compatible with Win2K?

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Any estimates for how long v5 gets supported/usable in w2k ? with other words if it gets removed any time soon ?
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Re: is F@H compatible with Win2K?

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It is not normally the client itself, that decides if support is dropped, but the cores. As the vast majority of uniprocessor cores are still compatible with the v5 client (i.e. don't require functions provided only by newer clients), I would imagine it will remain supported for some years to come :)
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Re: is F@H compatible with Win2K?

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John Naylor wrote:It is not normally the client itself, that decides if support is dropped, but the cores. As the vast majority of uniprocessor cores are still compatible with the v5 client (i.e. don't require functions provided only by newer clients), I would imagine it will remain supported for some years to come :)
thanks, exactly what I was after :)
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