Since NT 4.0 it’s just bloat. They never rewrote the whole codebase. It makes sense for backwards compatibility but falls apart when you’re installing a driver via 30 years old GUI.
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nuko147@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe they should make a really new windows version and not a mix from 7,8,10 patched together… with all the problems carried + AI coding making things worse.
westo232@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Goferking0@ttrpg.network 2 weeks ago
They still haven’t been able to replicate functionality in settings compared to control panel. Going from scratch is just gonna get us the rumored win 12 that’s only ai
nuko147@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well, when i said new OS, I was not meaning AI slop from scratch.