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*socket.computer ran Windows XP while CollabVM ran many different operating systems, which ranged from Windows 95 OSR2 to Windows 7 Ultimate.
*CollabVM did not have the laptop image present, and was scaled fully.
*CollabVM had a chatroom added
*socket.computer reset every 15 minutes. The component which made the VM reset every 15 minutes was not enabled.
*socket.computer does not have a chat box.
*Several vulnerabilities were fixed.
==Shutdown timeline==
*October 9, 2016: Socketsocket.computer's stopped responding after the initial 15 minute resetfreezes, and didthe notserver returnstops responding. This outage also affected socket.io's chat, andas well as weplay.io. This makes October 9, 2016 at 11:25 PM (EST) the last known time socket.computer and weplay.io was online.
*Sometime in February 2017: socket.io goes offline.
*March 5, 2017: After socket.io was offline for several weeks, the site finally came back up, but with the demos page missing from socket.io entirely. This can be presumed as the official "shut down" date.
*March 185, 2017: The demos page returned toAfter socket.io. Thewas socket.iooffline chatfor made aseveral returnweeks, andthe asite brandcame newback demoonline, awith "collaborativethe whiteboard",demos waspage added.missing Weplayfrom socket.io andentirely. Socketsocket.computer didand notweplay.io makeremain in a returnfrozen state.
*March 18, 2017: The demos page finally returns to socket.io. The socket.io chat makes a return, along with a brand new demo, a collaborative whiteboard. weplay.io and socket.computer are removed, so this can be declared the "official" shut down date for both projects.
*August 2017: Socket.computer and Weplay.io stopped responding entirely, which indicates that both projects were shut down and will probably not make a return.
*Sometime in August 2017: socket.computer and weplay.io no longer load any page and stop responding to pings.
*January 2018: Weplay.io no longer belongs to any IP addresses. This strongly indicates that the Weplay.io project has permanently been closed. Socket.computer, however, still belongs to an IP address although the site has not responded since March 5, 2017. Whether it officially returns or not has yet to be seen.
*JulySometime in early January 2018: Socketweplay.computerio no longer belongs to anyan IP address, which strongly indicates thatindicating the project has been permanently closed. permanentlysocket.computer still belongs to an IP address at this point, although the site's IP had not responded to any pings since August 2017.
*Sometime in July 2018: socket.computer no longer belongs to any IP address.
*August 25, 2018: Socketsocket.computer's domain expires and is now up for sale, which confirms thatconfirming the project willis notpermanently returnclosed.
*February 2019: Socketsocket.computer now redirects to a parked domain.
*February 2020: Parked domain is not renewed, and socket.computer is now for sale.
* '''11:11:16AM EST February 6th, 2020 ''': Dartz purchases the socket.computer domain. ▼
CollabVM has several virtual machines, including one known as "VM 2" that runs Windows XP SP3. It has almost the same specifications as the socket.computer VM (has more RAM and a better CPU), but it is much faster and has several things like Microsoft Office, Firefox, Chrome, all Windows XP Themes, a [[Escargot|patched MSN Messenger]], and more all pre-installed. If you are looking for a socket.computer alternative, you will want to check it out.
==Revival?==
▲*'''11:11:16AM EST February 6th, 2020''': Dartz purchases the socket.computer domain.
==The story of socket.computer==
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