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OSes were better twenty years ago because they were more predictable and stable because they couldn't do as much, especially if there was no multithreading. Li
by PakG1 12y ago
OSes were better twenty years ago because they were more predictable and stable because they couldn't do as much, especially if there was no multithreading. Limitations ensured stability and reliable performance. Today, it's too easy to overload your system.
Except now I just realized that 20 years ago was Windows 95. Dang, I'm getting old. :(
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoThey were neither more predictable nor more stable. Twenty years ago, if an application crashed, so did the entire OS. Twenty years ago, applications and the OS were very tightly coupled and they would both deliberately and unintentionally trample on eachother, often with disastrous consequences.
- digi_owl 12y agoMaybe not stable, but perhaps predictable (at least outside of the MS sphere) because there was not as many interconnected processes bouncing around in the background.
- jsight 12y agoAs an OS/2 user twenty years ago, I disagree. Really, it was about twenty years ago that I switched to Linux which didn't crash due to a simple application crash either. Stop making me feel old. :)
- tormeh 12y agoWindows 95 sucked so bad. Not missing multiple bluescreens a day.