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vivalapivo@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I ran Vista for years, but recall people hating it.

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  • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    At the end of its life, Vista was quite competent.

    But during the early years, the added animations and transparent features really tanked the performance on the hardware of that time. Combined with the issues any new OS has, it received much hate. Only after much optimization became it somewhat stable.

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  • vivalapivo@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I remember her as a sip of fresh air. No other OS was this appealing

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Making me want to revisit Vista.

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