Guy who's trying his best :(Feb 22
I'm still constantly baffled by just how absolutely beyond shit modern computers are
Show threadkabel42Feb 22
@OpenComputeDesign x86 was a mistake? :)
Show threadkabel42Feb 22
@OpenComputeDesign
16 bit was a mistake?
transistors were a mistake?
how modern are we talking? :)
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Feb 22

@kabel42 @OpenComputeDesign

16-bit/early-32-bit was my favorite era. (Basically, the #68k era ;)

Computers were just becoming capable, but not too big for their britches.

Show threadGuy who's trying his best :(Feb 22

@rl_dane @kabel42

Yeah, tbh, we really should have stopped at 32-bit

Show threadkabel42Feb 22
@OpenComputeDesign @rl_dane I had a good time with my first amd athlon 64 but sure, simpler times :)
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Feb 22

@kabel42 @OpenComputeDesign

I think computers were honestly better when they were limited to absolutely no more than 1GB RAM, no more than 256 colors, and no more than 1024x768 screen resolution.

1GB RAM: no LLMs
256 colors: no horrid low-contrast soupy interfaces
XGA Resolution: no horrid empty spaces and bloated interfaces

I keep wanting to make that as an OS 😄

(If only I had the skillz)

Show threadGuy who's trying his best :(Feb 22

@rl_dane @kabel42

Yeah, older GUIs were _so much better_ it's actually impressive just how fast and how hard GUI design has fallen off a cliff

Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Feb 22

@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42

Yeah, and the pushback I get from statements like that is insane to me.

"But we don't want to go back to Windows 95."

I don't either, it was a crap OS, but the interface was better than the crap interfaces they're shipping today, so ?!?!????!?

Show threadpixxFeb 22

@rl_dane

I'd rather w95 with its software suite and interface than w11 with its.

W11 is a worse OS than w95 was.

@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42

Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Feb 22

@pixx @OpenComputeDesign @kabel42

It does have memory protection, though. That was Windows 95's most glaring weakness.

Edit: I meant to say that it doesn't. derp.
Edit2: No, I was saying that W11 has memory protection. lol

Show threadGuy who's trying his best :(Feb 22

@rl_dane @pixx @kabel42

Modern software still absolutely _sucks_ with anything to do with memory. Any claims modern OS's make are, at best, just giving people a false sense of security.

Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Feb 22

@OpenComputeDesign @pixx @kabel42

Brofam, Windows 95 used to crash on me daily.

Linux? Basically never.

FreeBSD? Maaaaybe once a week.

Show threadkabel42Feb 22
@rl_dane @OpenComputeDesign @pixx i had to reinstall win95 about as ofthen as i reboot linux :)
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Feb 22

@kabel42 @OpenComputeDesign @pixx

Oh yeah, I had my CD Key MEMORIZED. XD

(Of course, the keys were a lot simpler and shorter back then ;)

Show threadGuy who's trying his best :(Feb 22

@rl_dane @kabel42 @pixx

Last few times I installed and activated (much more recent) versions of windows, had a problem where they'll accept the key, activate, then after a few days, deactivate and make you enter the key and activate again. Windows _is_ terrible. It's just, _all_ modern software is terrible as well.

Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Feb 22

@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @pixx

Yes, but some are terribler than others. XD

Show threadGuy who's trying his best :(Feb 22
@rl_dane @kabel42 @pixx It's true, 10/11 are well beyond 95 levels of terrible. It's just that linux is also working it's hardest to surpass 95 levels of bad, too
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Feb 22

@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @pixx

No, I wouldn't compare the jankiest modern linux distro to Windows 95.

95 was terrible.

Show threadpixxFeb 22
@rl_dane
Okay fine, 98 😂
@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Feb 23

@pixx @OpenComputeDesign @kabel42

98 was the meagerest refinement.

Win2k or go home.

Show threadJeremyFeb 23
@rl_dane @pixx @OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 I will gladly insert myself into this thread just to say that XP was the first good Windows. Everything before was a crash-fest.
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Feb 23

@jp @pixx @OpenComputeDesign @kabel42

Better than 2k??

Show threadJeremyFeb 23
@rl_dane @pixx @OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 I was super young back then so my memories of 98 and 2000 blend together. It might have been more stable than 98? The XP to 7 era design is just so iconic though.
Show threadGuy who's trying his best :(

@jp @rl_dane @pixx @kabel42

Win 2K was seriously overshadowed by XP. Not that XP doesn't deserve it's cred, it absolutely does. It's just a shame though, because 2k was easily top three with XP and 7.

2K was just in kind of an awkward place, where it was kinda sorta still meant to be proffesional only, (It was an NT, after all), 98SE and ME were the fresh home OS's, and XP came out soon after, and was properly released for home use.

Also confusing 2000 vs millennium naming prolly didn't help

Feb 23 at 4:57amWeb
Show threadGuy who's trying his best :(Feb 23

@jp @rl_dane @pixx @kabel42

ME did _properly_ suck, btw. The horrible reputation is well deserved

Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Feb 23

@OpenComputeDesign @jp @pixx @kabel42

Egad, there were SO MANY people calling in to tech lines saying "I have Windows 2000" when they actually just had Windows Me, which was total crap.

XP was the very first NT-based OS for consumers.