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Eh, I don't agree. NT 3.51 — solid NT 4.0, 2000 & XP — less, less and less solid Vista — premature 7 — ok 8 — borked 10 & 11 — untouchable
by Paianni 5y ago
Eh, I don't agree.
NT 3.51 — solid
NT 4.0, 2000 & XP — less, less and less solid
Vista — premature
7 — ok
8 — borked
10 & 11 — untouchable
- gpvos 5y ago2000 was pretty good really, more solid than 3.51 even
- Paianni 5y agoI hear the era of GDI being run in kernel mode was...not good for stability or security, but I rarely used 2000 and never used NT 4.0 so perhaps there are better mouthpieces than myself.
- gpvos 5y agoBy W2K a lot of problems had been fixed, and on the other hand 3.51 was still a bit early and wobbly in other areas. I thought GDI was still in the kernel?
- Paianni 5y agoWell Vista removed support for kernel-mode printer drivers (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/print/choosing-user-mode-or-kernel-mode https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/pr...), Vista introduced the WDDM model for video drivers in user-mode, 8 removed support for XDDM so I guess one could say that by 8, things had come full circle.
- Dork1234 5y agoThis cycle doesn't work anymore. Windows 10 wasn't a normal release, it has been around for 6 years, and has at least 3 major updates(with many small ones). Windows 7 was around for ~3 years, and had one update before it was replaced with Windows 8.