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Recent? Hasn't it been going strong for well over ten years? Windows 8 was released in 2012.

• Smaug123 3y ago
  It's been feeling much faster recently with the AI and Edge and so on. Maybe I'm just getting grumpier as I age.
  • marcosdumay 3y ago
    Nah, it's been on and off for decades (since the last days of XP). We are currently in an accelerating phase. I have no idea why MS oscillates between velocities here. It doesn't seem to impact their profitability or popularity.
  • adastra22 3y ago
    Edge switching to be chromium based and free access to OpenAI’s best models is hardly emshitification imho.
    • Smaug123 3y ago
      You're quite free to stay on Windows - I'm sure someone likes all these new features! I just strongly prefer an OS which doesn't have them.
• Gud 3y ago
  Since Windows XP. Windows 2000 was the last truly great version of Windows NT, it's only been going downhill from there.
  • out_of_protocol 3y ago
    Nah, Windows 7 was (and still is) great, truly good work to fix vista mistakes. Downhill ride started with windows 8
    • thfuran 3y ago
      Windows 7 was peak windows, past the mess of driver signing in vista, before they started screwing up the start menu search and turning the whole os into an ad platform.
      • olyjohn 3y ago
        I can't think of what Windows 7 did that was better than 2000. I'd be curious to hear what people liked about it?
        • thfuran 3y ago
          Better search in the start menu, for one. It didn't really matter at the time, but a lack of 64 bit support would suck for current use.
          • Gud 3y ago
            Search in the start menu has absolutely been making windows worse, not better. If I recall correctly, it did work well in Windows 7, but since internet search and more crap has been bolted on, and combined with other anti-features, has made the windows start menu frustrating to use.
            • thfuran 3y ago
              Yes, it's crap now. But it worked well in windows 7.
        • o11c 3y ago
          Windows 7 was the first version that finally implemented 1970s-style user-based security successfully. XP was useless if you weren't an administrator, and Vista broke too many things too often.
    • pavon 3y ago
      Windows 7 was great from a technical point of view (as was XP with the later service packs), but parent is correct that XP started the erosion of users rights. It was the first version of Windows that required users to agree to an EULA upon installation. Prior to this you simply had to follow the law (copyright, trademark, etc). It was the first version of windows that required external activation (via internet or telephone). Prior to this you just needed the activation code that came with the packaged software. IIRC it was also the first version that tied OEM software to the hardware you purchased it on. It required you to agree to telemetry for the first time. It was the first version of Windows that included DRM baked into the OS, and required you to agree to install updates to that DRM as needed. It required different licensing for based on the number of processors in your computer, and the number of computers that connected to it over the network. The EULA seems mild (and short!) compared to those today, but it was a big deal in technical circles at the time, and started the slow boiling of the frog. https://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows%2520XP%2520SP1_Home_English_69c63362-09e9-4a51-8bcb-1e87b3a8f882.pdf https://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows%25... https://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/windows%2520xp_professional_english_9e8a2f82-c320-4301-869f-839a853868a1.pdf https://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/windows%25...