Then came Windows 2000, replacing the OS kernel and much of the architecture, which meant it needed newer hardware and was incompatible with many peripherals and applications.

之后便是更换了内核和大幅改写结构的Windows 2000出场，而这种根本上的改变就意味着对于新硬件的要求和对于大量外设和软件的不兼容。

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By contrast, Windows 7, Vista, OS X Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard and versions of the Linux kernel released after September 2009 are all 4K aware.

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