Hi all.

I posted about looking for a new HARD drive for a old dell laptop. My son told me about a HP pro book 675B that I could get for $170 and put a new drive in it and load it with xp  and use if with cad. It is my understanding that I can get the drivers for it in xp on the HP site. Anyone know if this is true? That may be the way to go if it's true.you will need to confirm all that with HP.go to the support page at HP here; https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/laptops and plug in the PC's serial number and see if they still offer XP drivers.
+ 1 for Mark...you definitely wanna check beforehand...HP pro book 675B shipped with:
Microsoft Windows Vista Business / XP Professional downgrade

Look for something that has Windows 7 or later.Commando windows 7 will not play Auto CAD 2000. I have windows 7 on two computers and it will not work on it. That is the hole idea of using windows XP. If you visit the AutoDesk Forums on running AC 2000 on Win 7...
Sure beats buying a new version.
BTW there are more than 1 workarounds so choose which suits you best...

And i agree with Commando....buying a used XP laptop rather than 1 with Win 7 is kind of a waste. Quote from: I Shooter on May 20, 2018, 08:59:59 AM

Commando windows 7 will not play Auto CAD 2000. I have windows 7 on two computers and it will not work on it. That is the hole idea of using windows XP.