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sahqon@kaliagainstallodds @dgar 7 and XP were the shit. 7 still works pretty well... about as well as 11 at that. Both need tweaking it's just, 7 neeeds propping up and 11 needs tunnels under the cell.
@kaliagainstallodds @dgar Yeah, I'd like a fully working OS out of the box too but it doesn't exist currently.
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The Book of KelsThe implication that Vista was an improvement on 98 and XP is....questionable.
As we said back in the day, "Friends don't let friends contemplate Vistas".
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JohnnieMac@dgar Really building anticipation for Win 12β¦
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Old_IT_geek I voted Yes@dgar what about Windows NT 3.5 or Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000
These are the true predecessors of Windows XP
Windows 3.1 was 16 bit and Windows 95 was 32 bit designed to run on limited hardware. The NT series was 32/64 bit hardware.
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Sky, Cozy Goth Prince of Cats@dgar Just realized that if one wanted to make an alternate-timeline desktop screen for a game they should make it say Windows 9
Su_GMicrosoft Windows XP Professional 64-bit Edition
This was the finest version of Windows that Microsoft ever produced.
It should be made clear that Iβm not saying it was a good operating system, only that it was the best Microsoft ever made.
@dgar @Su_G Windows NT 4 worked really good if you had Workstation hardware. I ran NT4AS (because it had the "good TCP and networking stuff".
I really liked Win7, and so did everyone else, and Microsoft immediately knew they had WinXP redeux on their hands and nobody would upgrade away so the shoved 8 up everyone's ass, like it or not.
joy larkin πΊβ¨Uhh... I take great offense to his meme as Windows 95, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 are missing. How the heck could someone totally miss Windows 95?!?!
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Reiner Jung@dgar instead you could have had Tux. He can eat fish like no one and drive the kart better than Mario.
John Carlsen πΊπΈπ³π±πͺπΊWindows 3.1 was the last version of Microsoft Windows with decent online help. (It was based on RTF, before Win 95 tried to force everyone to use Internet Explorer and they had their asses handed to them in court when arguing that it was an integral part of Windows.) It added extensions for multimedia and 3.11 introduced network workgroups.
Windows XP (Windows 5) fixed some issues with timing and multitasking.
Windows 7 was still usable, but really bodged the transition to IPv6.
The rest was just window dressing (cosplay, trying to look like a proper operating system.)
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It all went wrong at 3.11 when they added a TCP stack.
It all went wrong at 3.11 when they added a TCP stack.
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Anthropy@dgar Windows 7 was the last true Windows IMHO, after that they clearly stopped caring about what customers think and doing things purely because shareholders demanded it.
Windows 8 with its full screen start menu AND them EXPLICITLY removing any hacks that allowed you to get the old start menu back, was for me the signal that Windows was dead, and it's when I switched over to Linux fulltime. It was rough for a bit especially back in 2012, but I definitely do not regret my switchover.
Vick Forcella β’ππ³βοΈβοΈ:verifi@anthropy Is Win NT still being maintained?
@VickForcella the latest windows still uses the NT kernel if that's what you mean
@anthropy In my days MSCE was all about W-NT, as a separate os. Most have the CD somewhere.
I know most thingies are inside the current windows version.
I have to guess NT is gone.
I know most thingies are inside the current windows version.
I have to guess NT is gone.
@VickForcella I've used Windows NT for workstations plenty, but I don't think that's been its own OS since windows 2000 and XP came along π€ I'd have to look up to find out when they exactly stopped that separate branch but it was somewhere around that time
Jaime Herazo@dgar
This gives WAY too high a credit to Vista π
This gives WAY too high a credit to Vista π
Maj1 THE Neuro Spicy Squirrel@dgar Spot on mate!
da_habakukInside Win98?
VioletBackpack@VioletBackpack ππ€£
I bought Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition retail on the day of release.
Two weeks later, I ordered a Mac.
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