Dug out my old win xp eee pc, thing does Windows things faster than my new top spec Dell precision with an ssd… And it’s using 200mb ram with spinning rust from what will be near decade and a half old… The plastic is cracking away from age.
vista was also a good system. the market just tried to push it on people with hardware which was not up to the task. when 7 released, compatible hardware was already in place.
I’ll also put Vista’s bad reputation down to that it was the first version with UAC, which if I recall was set too sensitive, combined with the fact that it was something new and weird for most Windows users at the time and the fact that a lot of software didn’t have time to catch up to add proper compability with the system.
7 was all the average user could ever want. Snappy operations, simple and easy to navigate settings, light memory overhead, and a really nice aesthetic. Too bad we couldn’t just update the backend stuff indefinitely so now we have a bloated, AI fueled privacy nightmare with a shitty bottom middle start menu with Windows 11.
stoy@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
2000 was awesome, XP was great, 7 was fantastic, 8 was a good core with a terrible UI, 10 continued the decline, 11 accelerated it.
Un4tural@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Dug out my old win xp eee pc, thing does Windows things faster than my new top spec Dell precision with an ssd… And it’s using 200mb ram with spinning rust from what will be near decade and a half old… The plastic is cracking away from age.
Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
I can’t help but notice your skipped two very terrible versions in that list:
ME
Vista shudders
lime@feddit.nu 7 hours ago
vista was also a good system. the market just tried to push it on people with hardware which was not up to the task. when 7 released, compatible hardware was already in place.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Not just hardware, drivers. Driver support was abysmal. On a decent hdd with updated drivers vista was fine.
stoy@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
I’ll also put Vista’s bad reputation down to that it was the first version with UAC, which if I recall was set too sensitive, combined with the fact that it was something new and weird for most Windows users at the time and the fact that a lot of software didn’t have time to catch up to add proper compability with the system.
stoy@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
That is correct, I never used ME and Vista at home so I didn’t think to add them.
And as other’s have noted, the opinion on Vista is divided.
TheBat@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
7 was peak imo.
stoy@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
The only complaint I have of 7 what the thick window borders
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
7 was all the average user could ever want. Snappy operations, simple and easy to navigate settings, light memory overhead, and a really nice aesthetic. Too bad we couldn’t just update the backend stuff indefinitely so now we have a bloated, AI fueled privacy nightmare with a shitty bottom middle start menu with Windows 11.