▲ 325 ▼ When did Microsoft stop developing Windows to be good? (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 2 years ago by Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 180 comments fedilink hide all child comments Nowadays Windows is filled with adware and is fairly slow, but it wasn't always like this. Was there a particular time where a change occurred?
[–] rimu@piefed.social 89 points 2 years ago (4 children) Windows 2000 was the peak - rock solid with no visual fluff. XP was 2000 with a childish skin on it and it's all downhill from there. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] stoly@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) I’ve always believed that 2k was the best software they ever produced. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nah, that would surely be a game or something. Maybe Age of Empires II? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] toddestan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Naw, the best software they've ever produced is 6502 BASIC. Though Flight Simulator does get an honorable mention. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago Oh man that was one of the few windows distros I never felt too compelled to reinstall. Perf just never degraded that much with a reasonably defragged drive (jesus I am dating myself with that statement) permalink fedilink source parent [–] neidu2@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I remember all the nicknames from when XP came out. I don't remember which was more common; disco windows, or teletubby windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* In my neck of the woods it was called fisher price windows lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago I gamed on Win2k until I couldn't anymore because of requirements. It was excellent. I eventually ended up on XP, and the first thing I did was shut off the Fisher Price skin. It still never ran quite as good as Win2k. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stoly@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) I’ve always believed that 2k was the best software they ever produced. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nah, that would surely be a game or something. Maybe Age of Empires II? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] toddestan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Naw, the best software they've ever produced is 6502 BASIC. Though Flight Simulator does get an honorable mention. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nah, that would surely be a game or something. Maybe Age of Empires II? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] toddestan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Naw, the best software they've ever produced is 6502 BASIC. Though Flight Simulator does get an honorable mention. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] toddestan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Naw, the best software they've ever produced is 6502 BASIC. Though Flight Simulator does get an honorable mention. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago Oh man that was one of the few windows distros I never felt too compelled to reinstall. Perf just never degraded that much with a reasonably defragged drive (jesus I am dating myself with that statement) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I remember all the nicknames from when XP came out. I don't remember which was more common; disco windows, or teletubby windows. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* In my neck of the woods it was called fisher price windows lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* In my neck of the woods it was called fisher price windows lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 point 2 years ago I gamed on Win2k until I couldn't anymore because of requirements. It was excellent. I eventually ended up on XP, and the first thing I did was shut off the Fisher Price skin. It still never ran quite as good as Win2k. permalink fedilink source parent