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I miss Windows XP / 7, everything went downhill after.

by Alifatisk 3y ago

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loloquwowndueo 3y ago
I don’t miss windows at all, been all Linux since 1995.
- dhimes 3y ago
  That's not exactly a cakewalk either. But you do get control.
- layer8 3y ago
  No wonder you don’t miss it if you missed its best years.
  - loloquwowndueo 3y ago
    Meh. Windows has never offered anything to make my computing experience better - no incentive to migrate.
- magicalhippo 3y ago
  Different strokes for different folks. There's been different things through the years, games was a big one, but there's still the lack of any good remote desktop solution that's keeping me on Windows. I also haven't found a good replacement for Acronis TrueImage, ie incremental full-disk backups that run in the background, which has allowed me to be back in action in under 30 minutes when I've had drives fail.
flyinghamster 3y ago
Windows 7 was the last version that I was willing to use (with 7 and 2000 being my favorites). Any time I've had to interact with a Windows 8 or later machine, I've hated it. I only use Windows under duress anymore.
grishka 3y ago
You can still run Windows 7 on some modern hardware.
hx8 3y ago
Comments like these make me wonder if you are looking back with rose colored glasses. You didn't mention Vista, which is universally regarded as a failure and in the same timeframe as you described. While some of Microsoft's more regrettable decisions have yet to be made by 7, but there are still plenty of bad ones to choose from. Games for Windows Live, Fisher Price UI, massive software vulnerability, Office "ribbon", Admin Popup, Internet Explorer, Silverlight... Microsoft, especially after Windows launched, has always been the poster child for greedy, monopolistic, anti-consumer business practices.
- CamperBob2 3y ago
  You're missing the point: to the extent there were things you didn't like about XP and 7, you could fix them. Your relationship with your OS vendor was that of a paying user, not a hostage.
  - hx8 3y ago
    I agree I never saw the point of using XP or 7.
    - CamperBob2 3y ago
      Some of us have bills to pay.
robaye 3y ago
Man I wish Microsoft (Apple too!) would just say screw it to new features and spend time really polishing their operating systems. I'm sitting on Windows 10 as long as I can.

I miss Windows XP / 7, everything went downhill after.

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loloquwowndueo 3y ago

I don’t miss windows at all, been all Linux since 1995.

dhimes 3y ago
That's not exactly a cakewalk either. But you do get control.
layer8 3y ago
No wonder you don’t miss it if you missed its best years.
- loloquwowndueo 3y ago
  Meh. Windows has never offered anything to make my computing experience better - no incentive to migrate.
magicalhippo 3y ago
Different strokes for different folks. There's been different things through the years, games was a big one, but there's still the lack of any good remote desktop solution that's keeping me on Windows. I also haven't found a good replacement for Acronis TrueImage, ie incremental full-disk backups that run in the background, which has allowed me to be back in action in under 30 minutes when I've had drives fail.

flyinghamster 3y ago

Windows 7 was the last version that I was willing to use (with 7 and 2000 being my favorites). Any time I've had to interact with a Windows 8 or later machine, I've hated it. I only use Windows under duress anymore.

grishka 3y ago

You can still run Windows 7 on some modern hardware.

hx8 3y ago

Comments like these make me wonder if you are looking back with rose colored glasses. You didn't mention Vista, which is universally regarded as a failure and in the same timeframe as you described. While some of Microsoft's more regrettable decisions have yet to be made by 7, but there are still plenty of bad ones to choose from. Games for Windows Live, Fisher Price UI, massive software vulnerability, Office "ribbon", Admin Popup, Internet Explorer, Silverlight... Microsoft, especially after Windows launched, has always been the poster child for greedy, monopolistic, anti-consumer business practices.

CamperBob2 3y ago
You're missing the point: to the extent there were things you didn't like about XP and 7, you could fix them. Your relationship with your OS vendor was that of a paying user, not a hostage.
- hx8 3y ago
  I agree I never saw the point of using XP or 7.
  - CamperBob2 3y ago
    Some of us have bills to pay.

robaye 3y ago

Man I wish Microsoft (Apple too!) would just say screw it to new features and spend time really polishing their operating systems. I'm sitting on Windows 10 as long as I can.