for me, windows nt workstation 4.0 was where the product peaked. we finally got a consumer version of a real 32-bit os, rather than a flimsy shell sitting on to

for me, windows nt workstation 4.0 was where the product peaked. we finally got a consumer version of a real 32-bit os, rather than a flimsy shell sitting on top of dos. its gui was attractive, by microsoft standards. it wasn't yet loaded down with crap. windows 2000 was the one that made me jump ship. to me it looked like "baby's first computer" or something. after that i spent several years in the wilderness, trying various alternatives. linux didn't appeal to me for very long. i eventually settled on beos, including a short stint working for be. when they went out of business, i switched to macs, and here i still am.