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If I had a time machine...

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CurseTheSky

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...one thing I would have to do (sadly) is take my current PC back to the Windows 95 days, just to let it run.

Why?

Last night, automatic updates restarted my computer. Before that, the computer had been on for two weeks straight without a restart. Of course, that's nothing to brag about these days, but it got me thinking. Back in the Windows 95, or even 98 / ME days, I'd be lucky if I could go two days without a restart of some kind - BSOD, installing a driver, installing an application, etc. Some days, I'd be lucky to get two hours.

Windows has really come a long way. I still have more problems with Xp machines than any of the Vista / 7 systems I've worked on. Vista (after service packs and other patches) and 7 really are phenomenal stability wise, at least in my experiences. Third party drivers or software has always been the culprit in the few crashes I've seen.
 
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Only time Vista rebooted was after a patch/ap install, and same with 7. Didnt have one BSOD that I remember with vista either. XP is another story.
 
Yet people still stubbornly claim that XP is "TH BESTES. WINDOWS. EVAR.'

Personally, if I had a time machine, I'd take my PC back in time, give the HDD to Microsoft so they could develop Vista/7 earlier, and give the cpu/motherboard to Intel so they could design and develop the Core2 earlier.
 
Vista has to be the most unfairly hated piece of software ever. Blame the media - they savaged it for reasons that I fail to understand.
 
I hear you. Back when I installed Vista for the first time in my desktop, I followed my standard procedure of making a HD image for the countless OS reinstalls I'd have to make. I just used it once in 2 years and that was because I changed the video card and wanted to install it in a clean OS. I'm really happy the Win ME days are over 🙂
 
vista beta, rc1 and rc2. Were pretty bad, the release was better and rc2>rc1>beta's. Upon release had some issues mostly driver related. I had dual boot and not until i got a dual core did i use vista exclusively. IIRC

None the less I like the design of vista in all accounts. And even though things didnt initial work for me, sleep for one. Those things also didnt work for me in xp at the time. I like the big changes, wish 7 wasnt just a better vista... but i understand why it had to be.
 
Win95 was troublesome for me. But Win98 was very very stable. The biggest problem wasnt the OS. It was shitty hardware and even shittier drivers back then.
 
Raduque said:
Yet people still stubbornly claim that XP is "TH BESTES. WINDOWS. EVAR.'

Personally, if I had a time machine, I'd take my PC back in time, give the HDD to Microsoft so they could develop Vista/7 earlier, and give the cpu/motherboard to Intel so they could design and develop the Core2 earlier.
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why not just do it yourself and become a bajillionaire?

So sad that I still have to use XP and IE7 at work.
 
I really liked Win95b, Win 98SE, WinME, XP, Vista and Win7.
Did not care for Win3.11 (MS DOS rulez!) and Win2000 (slow, sluggish on my machine compared to WinME).
 
I still use Windows 98SE and a scanner to scan and archive photos and documents. I don't want to buy another program and have to learn all about the new buttons to push, etc. Why can't the internet and email people keep their programs working for the people who have spent hours learning an OS? And why can't they continue to support the older versions? You know, like auto zone does for older cars. I liked my '37 Nash but sometimes I had to ask someone to help me push it to get it started. If enough of us wanted support...
 
Part of the reason for the issues is the open architecture (ie, open to developers). The trade is that there is a wide choice of hardware & software to choose from with lower cost (and therefore a good reason to be more careful in selection as there is more crap too). This is why I would never buy a Dell, Gateway, etc. desktop as you are giving up some of the "openess" (eg, often proprietary PSs, MBs & Software & even cases) for warranty support from the vendor which may or may not satisfy/deliver.
 
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Why can't the internet and email people keep their programs working for the people who have spent hours learning an OS?
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The "internet and email people" are just normal people like you, what you ask for isn't even close to possible.

And why can't they continue to support the older versions? You know, like auto zone does for older cars. I liked my '37 Nash but sometimes I had to ask someone to help me push it to get it started. If enough of us wanted support...
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And what happens when you call the AMC support number in that Nash's manual? Autozone isn't AMC. What do you think would happen if you called Chrysler (I think that's the current incarnation of what's left of AMC) and asked about replacement parts for that Nash? They'd laugh at you. You'll always find 3rd parties to support your unsupported hardware or software, it's just a matter of how much you're willing to pay for that support.
 
win 3.1 was good, win 95 was garbage, win 98 was good, win me was garbage, win xp was good, win vista was garbage, win 7 was good. See a trend?
 
Gpa said:
I still use Windows 98SE and a scanner to scan and archive photos and documents. I don't want to buy another program and have to learn all about the new buttons to push, etc. Why can't the internet and email people keep their programs working for the people who have spent hours learning an OS? And why can't they continue to support the older versions? You know, like auto zone does for older cars. I liked my '37 Nash but sometimes I had to ask someone to help me push it to get it started. If enough of us wanted support...
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Nice first post pops.
 
With Windows XP, I found myself reinstalling about every 6 months. I haven't done that with either Vista or Win7.
 
VinylxScratches said:
win 3.1 was good, win 95 was garbage, win 98 was good, win me was garbage, win xp was good, win vista was garbage, win 7 was good. See a trend?
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How is Vista garbage but 7 is good? They're almost identical. 😛

Trust me, I've used Vista since early 2007 and Windows 7 since October, and they're both great operating systems. 7 is only ahead of Vista in a few ways, and none of them are really a big deal.
 
Yeah Vista & onwards have been very impressive stability-wise.

I can leave my systems with them running far longer than i could w/ XP before they start to have issues.
 
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