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Please port explorer as well from windowz 2000....

einr 9y ago
Yes please. Or actually, fuck it, just recompile Windows 2000 for AMD64, delete the Windows 10 source tree, and call it a day.
- josteink 9y ago
  While I think Windows 2000 without a doubt was the best version of Windows available for a good while... Does anyone remember its missing WiFi-support? It’s almost non-existent USB2-support? It’s absolutely atrocious boot-times (even compared to NT4, especially compared to Windows 98)? Made even more painful by its absolute rebootey-ness after updates? There’s lots of warts here your memory is probably glossing over. I’m pretty sure if I were to ditch Win 10 now and go for a Windows reboot, I’d base it on the technologically much improved Win 7.
  - lmm 9y ago
    Don't forget the registry key that you had to set to make it not corrupt disks larger than 128gb. Why anyone thought "corrupt my disk" was a sensible default I will never know.
  - einr 9y ago
    I used Windows 2000 in a VM about a month ago so my memory is fresh. The warts are real, of course, but I was struck by how cohesive, clean and friendly it was compared to every Windows version since. It still feels like peak Windows to me. Once they merged and consumerified NT, it was all downhill from there. Windows 2000 just gets out of your way and works. It's such a refreshing feeling in 2018 using computer software that doesn't try to sell you anything or steal your data. You are right about the boot times but on a modern-ish system with an SSD, it's no big deal. And obviously, if you were to do this, you would also backport support for newer hardware like Wifi, USB2 and 3 ;) I don't miss a lot of UI things from newer Windows, either. I do like being able to hit the Windows key and start typing to find stuff. Also, being able to snap windows to the left half/right half of the screen. So the ideal Windows would be Windows 2000 with the hardware support and selected UI improvements of Windows 7 :)

einr 9y ago

Yes please. Or actually, fuck it, just recompile Windows 2000 for AMD64, delete the Windows 10 source tree, and call it a day.

josteink 9y ago
While I think Windows 2000 without a doubt was the best version of Windows available for a good while... Does anyone remember its missing WiFi-support? It’s almost non-existent USB2-support? It’s absolutely atrocious boot-times (even compared to NT4, especially compared to Windows 98)? Made even more painful by its absolute rebootey-ness after updates? There’s lots of warts here your memory is probably glossing over. I’m pretty sure if I were to ditch Win 10 now and go for a Windows reboot, I’d base it on the technologically much improved Win 7.
- lmm 9y ago
  Don't forget the registry key that you had to set to make it not corrupt disks larger than 128gb. Why anyone thought "corrupt my disk" was a sensible default I will never know.
- einr 9y ago
  I used Windows 2000 in a VM about a month ago so my memory is fresh. The warts are real, of course, but I was struck by how cohesive, clean and friendly it was compared to every Windows version since. It still feels like peak Windows to me. Once they merged and consumerified NT, it was all downhill from there. Windows 2000 just gets out of your way and works. It's such a refreshing feeling in 2018 using computer software that doesn't try to sell you anything or steal your data. You are right about the boot times but on a modern-ish system with an SSD, it's no big deal. And obviously, if you were to do this, you would also backport support for newer hardware like Wifi, USB2 and 3 ;) I don't miss a lot of UI things from newer Windows, either. I do like being able to hit the Windows key and start typing to find stuff. Also, being able to snap windows to the left half/right half of the screen. So the ideal Windows would be Windows 2000 with the hardware support and selected UI improvements of Windows 7 :)