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Sometimes I forget there are people who love Windows and genuinely believe it's the best operating system.

stouset 7mo ago
Obviously there are people who do genuinely prefer it having experience with a variety of platforms, but the ones who seem the most convinced of how superior Windows is always do seem to be the ones who’ve never actually spent time with anything else. I’ll grant that a cheap Windows laptop was the right call up until recently if price—not ease of use and maintenance—was the overwhelmingly dominant factor and a laptop was absolutely necessary. But the answer for a cheap device for a non-technical person with aspecific needs (email, browsing, media consumption) has been an iPad for a long time at this point.
- Royce-CMR 7mo ago
  Once upon a time you could live in a world of Windows apps designed like Notepad++. Launchy or other apps gave you the spotlight style of opening apps fast from the keyboard, and the start menu was for edge cases... and life in windows was good! Now... I'm glad I got a Mac.
userbinator 7mo ago
I did --- closer to the turn of the century.
bigyabai 7mo ago
Asking most people to choose between Windows and MacOS is like asking if they prefer eating dirt or worms.
gmueckl 7mo ago
The irony here is that Windows used to be a good shell on a truly terrible kernel around Windows 3.1/Windows 95. Now, it is a bad shell and UX on an actually really good kernel.
- Gud 7mo ago
  There was always Windows NT, which was the superior operating system up until the release of XP when it took a turn for the worse. A lot of people herald Windows XP as the best Windows, but I question if they ever used Windows 2000.
  - gmueckl 7mo ago
    XP did have somewhat better backwards compatibility to 95 and 98 if memory serves correctly, especially for games. Also, I remember that Windows 2000 required new drivers for lots of devices, but XP stayed compatible with most Windows 2000 drivers, so it ended up supporting more hardware immediately at its release. It's been 25 years, so my memory may be incorrect.
TiredOfLife 7mo ago
Every couple of years I have to use MacOS for a couple of hours. That cures any Windows hatred I have accumulated.
pjmlp 7mo ago
I would rather still have Amiga OS or BeOS, but what made them great is gone.
ChoGGi 7mo ago
Best? No. Better for my wants then the rest? Yep.

Obviously there are people who do genuinely prefer it having experience with a variety of platforms, but the ones who seem the most convinced of how superior Windows is always do seem to be the ones who’ve never actually spent time with anything else. I’ll grant that a cheap Windows laptop was the right call up until recently if price—not ease of use and maintenance—was the overwhelmingly dominant factor and a laptop was absolutely necessary. But the answer for a cheap device for a non-technical person with aspecific needs (email, browsing, media consumption) has been an iPad for a long time at this point.

Royce-CMR 7mo ago
Once upon a time you could live in a world of Windows apps designed like Notepad++. Launchy or other apps gave you the spotlight style of opening apps fast from the keyboard, and the start menu was for edge cases... and life in windows was good! Now... I'm glad I got a Mac.

userbinator 7mo ago

I did --- closer to the turn of the century.

bigyabai 7mo ago

Asking most people to choose between Windows and MacOS is like asking if they prefer eating dirt or worms.

gmueckl 7mo ago

The irony here is that Windows used to be a good shell on a truly terrible kernel around Windows 3.1/Windows 95. Now, it is a bad shell and UX on an actually really good kernel.

Gud 7mo ago
There was always Windows NT, which was the superior operating system up until the release of XP when it took a turn for the worse. A lot of people herald Windows XP as the best Windows, but I question if they ever used Windows 2000.
- gmueckl 7mo ago
  XP did have somewhat better backwards compatibility to 95 and 98 if memory serves correctly, especially for games. Also, I remember that Windows 2000 required new drivers for lots of devices, but XP stayed compatible with most Windows 2000 drivers, so it ended up supporting more hardware immediately at its release. It's been 25 years, so my memory may be incorrect.

TiredOfLife 7mo ago

Every couple of years I have to use MacOS for a couple of hours. That cures any Windows hatred I have accumulated.

pjmlp 7mo ago

I would rather still have Amiga OS or BeOS, but what made them great is gone.

ChoGGi 7mo ago

Best? No. Better for my wants then the rest? Yep.