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Not sure what was so great about win 7. But maybe there is something I missed, because I also started using Ubuntu at that time and then MacOS. From a bystander

by dsego 2y ago

Not sure what was so great about win 7. But maybe there is something I missed, because I also started using Ubuntu at that time and then MacOS. From a bystander perspective Win 7 just seemed like a vista plus. Ubuntu was a breath of fresh air at the time, it genuinely seemed like they were going to bring desktop linux to the masses... and it had compiz! But this was before canonical started taking a less practical approach and reinventing everything.

kennysoona 2y ago
It was a much needed advancement from XP, and smoothed over all the rough edges that Vista had. It was incredibly stable, the Aero Glass interface was pretty, low resources and non-distracting. It also allowed you to configure updates and, importantly, only choose to receive security updates, something removed in later versions. Windows 10 and 11 have telemetry and stability issues, don't respect user choices, force software on people, force updates and reboots, and have an interface mixed with 3 different frameworks - for starters.
Moto7451 2y ago
Win 7 was in many ways a Vista- where a lot of things people didn’t like were removed. The same sort of joy would be seen online if Windows 12 puts the start menu back on the left side. Sometimes it isn’t a huge change that makes people happy.
- p_ing 2y ago
  Win 11 2H24 allows you to put the menu on the left. And yes, it made people happy.
LeFantome 2y ago
Windows 7 was as fancy as Vista and as snappy as XP (though more memory heavy). You can only understand why Windows 7 was so loved if you relied on it and tried Vista before and Windows 8 after. Vista made hardware absolutely crawl when it was new. Windows 8 was a UX disaster. In comparison, Windows 7 was fast and functional. I guess you have to compare 7 to XP as well as the other option was to stay on XP forever. Windows 7 had a lot of improvements over XP though, most natively being 64 bit. So, the big difference between XP and 7 was modern software. Other than the telemetry, Windows 10 was objectively better than 7. Although they did add a lot of bloat on top of 10 over time.
- kennysoona 2y ago
  > Other than the telemetry, Windows 10 was objectively better than 7. Some of the downsides other than telemetry: - Not being able to select only security updates - It requiring more technical hacking to ensure forced updates don't force reboots - An embarrassing mix of interfaces, with the migration from the classic Control Panel only half done. - The forced included software which also requires more hacking that in should to remove.
- hulitu 2y ago
  > Other than the telemetry, Windows 10 was objectively better than 7. The GUI/UX/UI in Windows 10 is a total shitshow. The introduction of RCE "Apps" in contrast to native programs was also something terrible.

by dsego 2y ago

kennysoona 2y ago

It was a much needed advancement from XP, and smoothed over all the rough edges that Vista had. It was incredibly stable, the Aero Glass interface was pretty, low resources and non-distracting. It also allowed you to configure updates and, importantly, only choose to receive security updates, something removed in later versions. Windows 10 and 11 have telemetry and stability issues, don't respect user choices, force software on people, force updates and reboots, and have an interface mixed with 3 different frameworks - for starters.

Moto7451 2y ago

Win 7 was in many ways a Vista- where a lot of things people didn’t like were removed. The same sort of joy would be seen online if Windows 12 puts the start menu back on the left side. Sometimes it isn’t a huge change that makes people happy.

p_ing 2y ago
Win 11 2H24 allows you to put the menu on the left. And yes, it made people happy.

LeFantome 2y ago

Windows 7 was as fancy as Vista and as snappy as XP (though more memory heavy). You can only understand why Windows 7 was so loved if you relied on it and tried Vista before and Windows 8 after. Vista made hardware absolutely crawl when it was new. Windows 8 was a UX disaster. In comparison, Windows 7 was fast and functional. I guess you have to compare 7 to XP as well as the other option was to stay on XP forever. Windows 7 had a lot of improvements over XP though, most natively being 64 bit. So, the big difference between XP and 7 was modern software. Other than the telemetry, Windows 10 was objectively better than 7. Although they did add a lot of bloat on top of 10 over time.

kennysoona 2y ago
> Other than the telemetry, Windows 10 was objectively better than 7. Some of the downsides other than telemetry: - Not being able to select only security updates - It requiring more technical hacking to ensure forced updates don't force reboots - An embarrassing mix of interfaces, with the migration from the classic Control Panel only half done. - The forced included software which also requires more hacking that in should to remove.
hulitu 2y ago
> Other than the telemetry, Windows 10 was objectively better than 7. The GUI/UX/UI in Windows 10 is a total shitshow. The introduction of RCE "Apps" in contrast to native programs was also something terrible.