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It was also preferred (by most people, at least) to Windows Vista, the product that usually shipped on PCs after it. It was an almost undeniable local maximum
by sjm-lbm 6y ago
It was also preferred (by most people, at least) to Windows Vista, the product that usually shipped on PCs after it.
It was an almost undeniable local maximum in Windows releases from the consumer side, which does make some of the fond memories make sense.
- octorian 6y agoWhat's weird is that I had a laptop that Vista actually ran well on, and I didn't have any real problems. Of course it was a higher-end laptop (similar specs and price to what Apple sold at the time). It often feels like the biggest difference between Vista and 7 was actually time. As such, the cheap computers 7 shipped on were much better than the cheap underpowered computers Vista shipped on (despite both OSes likely having similar realistic requirements). Win7 kinda was the SP2 of Vista more than a major version.