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On every Windows computer I ever had, from 3 to XP, none of whose hardware was great even by the standards of the day, Solitaire opened instantly and was maxima

by tsm 5y ago

On every Windows computer I ever had, from 3 to XP, none of whose hardware was great even by the standards of the day, Solitaire opened instantly and was maximally responsive and crisply animated. They changed things in Vista, I think, which slowed it down by was basically fine. But the new one ("Microsoft Solitaire Collection") takes forever to open, requires multiple clicks to get a game going, lags, has ads, and is such a dumpster fire that one of the few joys I had in using my parents' computer when visiting them is now gone.

stonemetal12 5y ago
In 3, mine sweeper and solitaire where added to teach people how to use a mouse. Ads, slow loading and what not would have gotten in the way of doing their jobs. Once computers (especially windows) became ubiquitous they had to pay for themselves since user training wasn't picking up the bill anymore .
flatiron 5y ago
https://archive.org/details/ms_solitaire_windows_xp https://archive.org/details/ms_solitaire_windows_xp
raxxorrax 5y ago
Yeah, but that solitaire didn't even cloud. Would probably be faster if any other programs actually used their newer APIs. I really think burning people with WPF and introducing their shitty store was what many devs drove away. Wasn't really a C# (good language and good APIs in my opinion) guy for too long, but around the time Windows 8 was released, I left for greener pastures and didn't look back very often.
starik36 5y ago
I think you might be just remembering the good times and forgetting the bad. When I first upgraded my box to XP, things weren't very snappy. Even Notepad took a second to open. The OS definitely required more RAM and CPU power than its predecessors. Despite this horrible injustice, you still visit your parents, right? :)
- tsm 5y ago
  Visiting my parents is great! It's just that in the 20 minutes I sometimes have to kill on their computer I went from playing commercial games from my childhood to good solitaire to…bad solitaire. So much for nostalgia.

by tsm 5y ago

stonemetal12 5y ago

In 3, mine sweeper and solitaire where added to teach people how to use a mouse. Ads, slow loading and what not would have gotten in the way of doing their jobs. Once computers (especially windows) became ubiquitous they had to pay for themselves since user training wasn't picking up the bill anymore .

flatiron 5y ago

https://archive.org/details/ms_solitaire_windows_xp https://archive.org/details/ms_solitaire_windows_xp

raxxorrax 5y ago

Yeah, but that solitaire didn't even cloud. Would probably be faster if any other programs actually used their newer APIs. I really think burning people with WPF and introducing their shitty store was what many devs drove away. Wasn't really a C# (good language and good APIs in my opinion) guy for too long, but around the time Windows 8 was released, I left for greener pastures and didn't look back very often.

starik36 5y ago

I think you might be just remembering the good times and forgetting the bad. When I first upgraded my box to XP, things weren't very snappy. Even Notepad took a second to open. The OS definitely required more RAM and CPU power than its predecessors. Despite this horrible injustice, you still visit your parents, right? :)

tsm 5y ago
Visiting my parents is great! It's just that in the 20 minutes I sometimes have to kill on their computer I went from playing commercial games from my childhood to good solitaire to…bad solitaire. So much for nostalgia.