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What I should have said was that XP was the first decent consumer-focused release since Windows 95. 2000 had a good codebase, but an abysmal adoption rate.
by probablyfiction 13y ago
What I should have said was that XP was the first decent consumer-focused release since Windows 95. 2000 had a good codebase, but an abysmal adoption rate.
- masklinn 13y ago> 2000 had a good codebase, but an abysmal adoption rate. Yes, which kinda-sorta was expected as it was still considered part of the NT-line and not a consumer OS, and WinME was released after it. Still, it was a perfectly good consumer OS (IIRC, 2000 was the original merge point of the NT and 9x lines, then the building base for Project Neptune which fell through and ultimately lead to Whistler after 2000's release), much better than WinME could ever be, and I only reluctantly switched to WinXP (to try AoE III which refused to install on 2000, of all things)