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Which roots? The System 8 and 9 days, when my Mac would freeze on me every day? Throughout its history, Apple has had its ups and downs when it comes to quality
by mikesickler 10y ago
Which roots? The System 8 and 9 days, when my Mac would freeze on me every day? Throughout its history, Apple has had its ups and downs when it comes to quality on the desktop. There have been high points (System 7, OS 10.4 or so?) and low points, just as Microsoft have had their Windows 2000 and (shudder) Windows Me. There are no "roots", there are only local minima and maxima.
- toyg 10y agoWtf, Win 2000 was boss. It took the desktop in the XXI century with the NT kernel. Sure, it had some security issues, but it was the best desktop ever at the time, and a real revolution.
- tomhoward 10y agoIndeed, and it was the foundation for WinXP, which must surely still be the best Windows version ever in terms of user satisfaction and durability.
- hawski 10y agoI'm quite sure mikesickler had in mind the contrast between W2k and Me. The former being the good and the latter being the bad.
- helb 10y agoI'm pretty sure that mikesickler mentioned Win2000 as an example of Microsoft's "high point"…