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I remember repeating the already-common joke around the time of Windows XP to my middle school Computer Hardware teacher that "Every OTHER Windows release is go
by AdmiralAsshat 12y ago
I remember repeating the already-common joke around the time of Windows XP to my middle school Computer Hardware teacher that "Every OTHER Windows release is good." Vista/Windows 7 appeared to cement that, and Windows 8 / Windows 10 just seems like further proof.
- shitlord 12y agoTo me, it seems like a marketing strategy on MS's part. They know people expect good things from even releases and bad things from odd releases. I think they capitalize on that.
- alatkins 12y agoI think you may be attributing to malice what could be better explained by stupidity :-)
- orionblastar 12y agoIt is actually Windows 8/8.1/10 Windows 8.1 is better than plain 8, I run it and it still needs work and I use the Classic Start program to get the Start Menu back, but 8.1 works better than 8. I suspect there will also be a 10.1 to replace 10.
- AdmiralAsshat 12y agoAre we considering 8.1 actually distinct from 8, or merely the equivalent of the old service packs? Because even on MS's "good" releases, it wasn't until Windows 98 SE that '98 got good. And it took Windows XP until Service Pack 2 before it was good enough to upgrade from '98.
- orionblastar 12y agoIt is like Windows 8.1 is both a service pack and new OS version. You can call it a service pack if you wish but Microsoft stopped using service packs with Windows 8 and made 8.1 instead which is a free upgrade for 8.