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[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

People forget XP was pretty bad at first just like Windows 98 and like Windows 98 people became less critical after a bunch of major fixes. For Windows 98 this became Windows 98SE and for XP this became XP SP2 (and eventually 3).

Both Vista and 7 had problems before they were fixed after awhile. The most common issue I can remember was UAC and everyone just told you to turn it off to install and use their software and games. There were also a bunch of breaking Win API stuff and a lot of software made for XP just didn't work anymore in Vista+.

People mainly just remember them after they were fixed, except for Vista because 7 came out fairly quickly (just 2 years later). Microsoft does not have a good track record for initial Windows releases but eventually everyone forgets and even some of the bad ones are remembered as the good ones.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Great meme post! This comment section is a scorching hot dumpster fire that beamed carcinogens directly into my retinas. Thanks I hate it.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Windows Vista was better than 8 and 10, a lot of legacy devices in industry kept extended Vista support for years and years.

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y'all it's supposed to be a timeline, a hand drawn one too, that's why 8 is where it is. you guys are taking this way too seriously

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

comparing macos to gravity's rainbow just smells right

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Win10 is not that bad. And Me was never as bad as Vista or (especially) 8. Also, Linux is not a linear curve, it's stepped.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

ME was the worst. DOS based windows 9x in a world with Win2k and XP launched only 1 year later

ME Was DOA even if it had been a "flawless" continuation of 98SE

[-] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

At the time it released, 99% of my software was DOS-based, and in fact I had 1 game that I distinctly remember (Sonic CD) which only ran on Win9x, and could not run on any version of NT. I had no problems with Me, and kept a copy of it on my main PC until XP SP2.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I would rather describe Windows as a dampened oscillation with an undefined steady state.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

So what you're saying is that there has only ever been one Mac OS and one Linux OS?

How about adding some distros?

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