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Yep. I remember back in the day installing 95, 98, 2000, XP and then 7. In the earlier days the sentiment was wow this is great and exciting. I looked forward

by nickjj 3y ago

Yep. I remember back in the day installing 95, 98, 2000, XP and then 7. In the earlier days the sentiment was wow this is great and exciting. I looked forward to upgrading and enjoyed the discovery of new features and generally things were better in every upgrade. I was happy to use and recommend Windows for any personal usage. Nowadays I run 10 Pro (which I bought) because IMO there's no other reasonable Windows choice and end up having to explain predatory Microsoft behavior to friends and family and suggest they avoid Windows unless it's necessary for specific software they run. You'd be surprised at how usable a modern Linux desktop OS is for an older person who doesn't know a lot about computers but only wants to check email and run a browser. The experience here is SO much better since stuff doesn't change under their feet and the OS doesn't try and con you into making bad choices for you as the end user. Personally I wish I could go native Linux. I've tried a few times over the past 5 years but I always run into audio and video related issues (I tried everything you can reasonably imagine short of buying all new hardware) and certain games still have compatibility issues. Thankfully Steam is doing a great job at moving the ball forward with Linux compatibility in games. If I could get 95%+ of games to play well on a desktop Linux system and DaVinci Resolve ran flawlessly for A/V editing I would instantly switch and never look back.

wink 3y ago
You and I seem to have a different recollection of the past :P 95 was only good in its final iteration, 95c. 98 was a bit of a shit show, 98 SE was kinda stable. 2000 had lots of driver problems for about the first year because it was decidedly different. XP and 7 went kinda smooth, I have to admit that. But no, I've hardly ever been excited. I upgraded when it was time or when I got new hardware, because by the time the new version came out I had finally got rid of most of the problems with the version before that and/or identified annoying hardware/drivers.
- nickjj 3y ago
  Nothing is ever perfect but I don't recall having feelings between OS upgrades back then where I was like "why is the OS trying to shove ads down my throat?" or having things change under my feet without warning or "what's up with these dark patterns to get less technical folks to take an action" such as having you jump through hoops to make a local account. It was more like, ok cool, install the new version and then mess around with it for a few hours and after a while you generally feel ok about the decision and it felt like an upgrade. I know XP had a huge backlash in how it looked initially and I remember thinking I'd use Windows 2000 until the end of days but XP was really stable and handled a bunch of games without issues which ultimately trumped everything else for me at the time. Maybe I started with 95c, I don't remember. It was around the end of 1996. You're right in that often times new hardware came with a new OS version but I've had a few OS only upgrades over the years that felt good. The current machine I'm on now ran Windows 7 for years before eventually I was semi-forced into 10.

by nickjj 3y ago

wink 3y ago

You and I seem to have a different recollection of the past :P 95 was only good in its final iteration, 95c. 98 was a bit of a shit show, 98 SE was kinda stable. 2000 had lots of driver problems for about the first year because it was decidedly different. XP and 7 went kinda smooth, I have to admit that. But no, I've hardly ever been excited. I upgraded when it was time or when I got new hardware, because by the time the new version came out I had finally got rid of most of the problems with the version before that and/or identified annoying hardware/drivers.

nickjj 3y ago
Nothing is ever perfect but I don't recall having feelings between OS upgrades back then where I was like "why is the OS trying to shove ads down my throat?" or having things change under my feet without warning or "what's up with these dark patterns to get less technical folks to take an action" such as having you jump through hoops to make a local account. It was more like, ok cool, install the new version and then mess around with it for a few hours and after a while you generally feel ok about the decision and it felt like an upgrade. I know XP had a huge backlash in how it looked initially and I remember thinking I'd use Windows 2000 until the end of days but XP was really stable and handled a bunch of games without issues which ultimately trumped everything else for me at the time. Maybe I started with 95c, I don't remember. It was around the end of 1996. You're right in that often times new hardware came with a new OS version but I've had a few OS only upgrades over the years that felt good. The current machine I'm on now ran Windows 7 for years before eventually I was semi-forced into 10.