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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

The last great Windows before Microsoft began its enshittification.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 40 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It was the last Windows version that felt it was primarily made for desktop use.

Windows 8 tried to be a hybrid between mobile operating system, and Windows 10 and onward feels more like an advertising platform for Office 365 and Microsoft’s AI services.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Was 10 actually alright early on in its life, or was I just unaware? I don't remember any of the advertising and spyware crap back when I first upgraded from 7.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 3 points 1 hour ago

AFAIK it has always been nagging about how much better things will be if you just connect your login to their Microsoft account.

[–] Flipper@feddit.org 2 points 1 hour ago

Yes. It installed candycrap automatically and had several other such apps in the start menu.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 7 points 8 hours ago

7 was the first and last version of Windows I didn't immediately despise.

[–] IsoSpandy@lemm.ee 24 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I would disagree. I feel xp was the last good windows. After that it all went to shit.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

Funny you say that. I did tech support when XP first came out, and I quit my job and switched to Linux.

XP SP2 was actually pretty good though.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 22 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

You mean Windows 2000?

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 25 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

You mean whatever one you first used and have an unhealthy nostalgia for. I mean Windows 98.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 10 hours ago

3.11. So good you had to type WIN to fuck your PC.

[–] digger@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Give me Windows 95 with Microsoft Plus!

[–] IsoSpandy@lemm.ee 3 points 9 hours ago

Man Microsoft plus was awesome. I used to stare at the foucault pendulum for hours when I was a kid.

[–] Blinchik@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, Windows 3.11 is peak

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

You say that until you think back and TCP/IP wasn't a native protocol so you had to use and configure something like Trumpet Winsock for your SLIP or PPP connection. Dark days, man.

[–] lengau@midwest.social 4 points 11 hours ago

The first version of Windows I used was 2.0. NT was a huge improvement over the DOS based ones, but things started to go downhill with XP.

[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 7 hours ago

This is the right question, it was the last 100% NT kernel before 9x ruined everything.