▲ 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?
[–] NickwithaC@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) 7 was good though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago 7 was the peak of the curve, with everything starting a downward trend with 8. 7 was genuinely the best windows operating system. It was stable, slick, easy to use, and generally unobtrusive to what you were trying to do, and you didnt have to do daily reboots or regular reformats to clean up after it like you had to do with all its predecessors. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago 7 was the peak of the curve, with everything starting a downward trend with 8. 7 was genuinely the best windows operating system. It was stable, slick, easy to use, and generally unobtrusive to what you were trying to do, and you didnt have to do daily reboots or regular reformats to clean up after it like you had to do with all its predecessors. permalink fedilink source parent