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WSL was just one exemple. There are literally thousands of other improvements. Not all are revolutionary but at least some matter in a big way to most people. A
by alkonaut 3y ago
WSL was just one exemple. There are literally thousands of other improvements. Not all are revolutionary but at least some matter in a big way to most people. Any gamer would say DirectX 12 is enough to upgrade from Win7 to Win10. Anyone with two screens of different DPI should say the same. Anyone with a Wifi6 router would want to upgrade. The list goes on. I also liked the fast and simple Win2000, or Win7. But I do remember how terrible the screenshot functionality was, how bad the terminal was and how crappy the dpi scaling was. Nostalgic glasses are some times too rosy.
> The OS is no longer the product
It used to be that the product was office, sql server, exchange and windows was the vehicle to deliver it. It’s really not so different that the products are OneDrive or AppInsights or GitHub.
- actionfromafar 3y agoMost of that could have been fixed with minimal changes to the OS and UI.
- desi_ninja 3y agoThat is most technically flawed answer.
- hulitu 3y agoI find Win 10 GUI to be technically flawed. Working with windows with 1 px borders and cluttered titlebars. And the security model is just stoopid. It does not take into account the modern web (ransomware).
- actionfromafar 3y agoIt's not. DirectX is an add-on. WiFi is additional drivers. Screenshot is just a user space application. The only thing requiring deep surgery is different DPI on different screens. Too bad we have to choose between no spy-ware in the OS andd different DPI monitors.