udonWould you rather be stuck in the woods with an updated Windows 11 or a Windows 7?
Ohadef win 7
No question.
And that’s only because XP wasn’t a given option.
Let’s not kid ourselves. Xp is extremely dated and 7 was the better OS
Better in terms of features, absolutely. XP SP3 was a more stable OS. Only downside is lack of security updates, which wouldn’t matter much in the woods.
What if you’re attacked by a bear ? You’d be wishing you had gotten those security updates wouldn’t you
Resol van LemmySame applies to Vista despite being much closet to Windows 7 than XP.
But I bet it’s this way only because nobody gave a shit about Vista. I was the only person who gave a shit about it.
Vista was hot garbage. That shit took ~1.5 GB of RAM to boot. In 2007. Total trash. Windows 7 was what Vista should have been. All of the features with less overhead.
Computers did take the take to adapt to the new software requirements, not to mention the two service packs that were released. By the time that happened, Vista became really good, but nobody cared because Windows 7 was RIGHT around the corner.
And yeah, if Vista ran poorly on that Pentium 4 thing, then I would suspect 7 would run poorly on it as well. Hell, I tried a virtual machine that barely met the requirements for Windows 7, installed Vista on it, and as expected, it ran very poorly. I tried Windows 7 on it. Same thing, it ran very poorly.
XP had the exact same criticisms when it came out in 2001. Again, computers had time to adapt, and as a result, people started loving XP, and I mean they started LOVING it, A LOT.
I’m one of those people. I ran XP SP3 straight through the rise and fall of Vista, and into the first few years of Win 7. I did the same thing with Win 98 and skipped ME/2000. The driver issues were insane with those releases. Microsoft seemed to have an “every other” rule with OS release quality.
Driver issues were mostly the fault of the manufacturers, not Microsoft. But even then, it would be a pretty terrible experience regardless.
That’s true, although I recall it being a problem with their development toolkit. The drivers were released, but didn’t work as expected.
Oh well.
At least they fixed it. But once they fixed it, nobody cared anymore.
They lasted one year each before XP was released. Same with Vista’s two year run. Didn’t even have a chance to standardize before being replaced.
SeanWin7 4 lyfe, yo
Next question, pls
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆I wouldn’t care either way because I doubt it’s connected to the internet out in the middle of the woods which is what would really limit what I could and would use a computer for in that situation.
Then again, if it uses Windows 11 it might get hotter and be able to keep me from freezing to death… 🤔
Noble Shift
venusaurWindows Me. I play on hard.
You sick bastard
Hahahaha
Bob was ahead of its time.
You, sir, are a very sick person. Mad props to ya.
Oof.
Roommate in college got ME the night it released. Came back installed by around 1am. By 2am it was uninstalled and never touched again.
Can I choose the bear?
I choose the bear too
MereoWindows 7. And I would hope for the mighty superhero penguin Linux to save me.
Its_Always_420Can I fashion a simple linux distro from various sticks and pebbles I find on the forest floor?
You can, you’ll just have to come pile it up
golf clap
RustyShackleford
Jo MiranOops, my large hands posting on my phone are to blame for the error.
Roll a D20 for me please.
The Ramen DutchmanYou start assembling an assortment of sticks, leaves and a hollow bird bone, patching holes with moss that has already started to turn slightly yellow which you picked from the side of a tree. Somehow, your thoughts veer off and you begin to wonder if you could find a larger bone to turn into a flute.
When you look down again at your creation, you start to curse under your breath - you got distracted and manufactured a copy of Windows ME.
Seems about right, yeah
Well, according to Dr. Stone, you probably can
Granbo's Holy HotrodWindows 7 all day long or 98 perfection
Microsoft peaked in '98
Too many blue screens, my favorite was XP.
Kalkaline Can I side load the Linux distribution of choice?
Sure, if you can figure out how to partion your drive properly.
GarfGirl [she/her]which of the two is more like a bear?
Some low hanging fruit here (lol Apples) but Win 11 for surely my location and situation will be known afar.
I always keep a short length of single mode fiber optic cable with me when I’m hiking. If I get lost, I just bury it, and it less than an hour some idiot will show up in a backhoe and accidentally cut it in half.
KillingAndKindessYa got me. Literally peed myself at this
It’s not my creation. I nearly peed myself the first time too. Glad you enjoyed it.
7 fo sho
BoozillaNot sure it matters. I’ll be drawing a girlfriend in MS Paint, and it hasn’t changed much.
FaceDeerI have a surprise for you: there were big updates to Paint in Windows 11. Most notably AI image generation features. So that may affect your girlfriend-drawing endeavours.
Me: Tries to draw ScarJo.
AI MS Paint: Here’s that sexy picture of Clippy you wanted!
Windows 7, maybe I could even download iTunes 10 and get my old music library back
JilanicoI don’t really get all the windows 11 hate. I have had 0 problems with it
kinklesIf you like it and it works for you, then great. I’m in the same boat.
“Go with what works best for you”
–basically how I’ve lived for the last 10 years or so
At least it isn’t Windows 10.