Tough question really, only got experience with XP and up, I'd say I'm tied with XP or 7, 8/8.1 I didn't mind though, 10 I hate, Vista I don't remember that much and I've never used 98 or 2000 so can't comment on them.
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Tough question really, only got experience with XP and up, I'd say I'm tied with XP or 7, 8/8.1 I didn't mind though, 10 I hate, Vista I don't remember that much and I've never used 98 or 2000 so can't comment on them.
Hey man actually have good experiences With vista yes RTM sucked but SP2 was awesome and fixed all performance aswell as driver compatibility errors. Sadly Vista became hard to set up because most of the Servers for Windows Update and Windows live have been shut down so its more difficult to get the required software.
But XP is a great os too and will be never forgotten.
Windows 7 or Windows XP, and I'm not sure which (won't vote unless/until I can decide fairly which of the two it is).
I liked Windows 95, Windows 98/98SE, and Windows 2000. I didn't mind Windows ME but I had very limited experience with it so it probably doesn't count for much. I avoided Windows Vista (limited experience also, however), and dislike Windows 8 and Windows 10 (again, ditto). I'll begrudgingly deal with Windows 10 as a new forced user but I'm moving all of my non-main PCs off of Windows 7 soon and to Linux since they don't need to do games or use programs that I use that rely on Windows. I've been very disappointed with the way Windows has gone starting with 8.
Windows 7 or Windows XP, and I'm not sure which (won't vote unless/until I can decide fairly which of the two it is).
I liked Windows 95, Windows 98/98SE, and Windows 2000. I didn't mind Windows ME but I had very limited experience with it so it probably doesn't count for much. I avoided Windows Vista (limited experience also, however), and dislike Windows 8 and Windows 10 (again, ditto). I'll begrudgingly deal with Windows 10 as a new forced user but I'm moving all of my non-main PCs off of Windows 7 soon and to Linux since they don't need to do games or use programs that I use that rely on Windows. I've been very disappointed with the way Windows has gone starting with 8.
Windows 7 or Windows XP, and I'm not sure which (won't vote unless/until I can decide fairly which of the two it is).
I liked Windows 95, Windows 98/98SE, and Windows 2000. I didn't mind Windows ME but I had very limited experience with it so it probably doesn't count for much. I avoided Windows Vista (limited experience also, however), and dislike Windows 8 and Windows 10 (again, ditto). I'll begrudgingly deal with Windows 10 as a new forced user but I'm moving all of my non-main PCs off of Windows 7 soon and to Linux since they don't need to do games or use programs that I use that rely on Windows. I've been very disappointed with the way Windows has gone starting with 8.
Windows 98SE was a great OS at its time but its fatalshortcoming was its bugs and the fact that it had problems with PC's with more than 1gb of RAM.
Although it is too outdated now, at the time Windows XP was still supported Microsoft could have patched Windows 98SE to work kindly with PC's that had better hardware, something like a service pack update would've been nice because it still has its use as far as retro gaming goes. It certainly made MSDOS gaming convenient.
Edit: My favourite OS is Windows 10, it used to be 7, 98SE and XP
but thanks to services like GOG and the emulator DOSbox, I no longer have a use for such outdated OS's like 98
Unless there is a DOS emulator that will let me safely dual boot it with Windows 10,
I don't think I need Windows 98 anymore. There are a few games Windows 10 can't run but that is not enough to justify installing an old OS on modern hardware where driver support is non existent for it.
It depends on the purpose; for a contemporary computer used for daily work or gaming, only Windows 10 will do. But Windows XP was the OS that I kept for the longest time. I'll also take the liberty of mentioning Windows 95, the reason for this is only few people at that time had a modem, most of them of poor quality, therefore you didn't have to download update after update for your windows OS - believe it or not Microsoft made OS's that didn't need updating..
It depends on the purpose; for a contemporary computer used for daily work or gaming, only Windows 10 will do. But Windows XP was the OS that I kept for the longest time. I'll also take the liberty of mentioning Windows 95, the reason for this is only few people at that time had a modem, most of them of poor quality, therefore you didn't have to download update after update for your windows OS - believe it or not Microsoft made OS's that didn't need updating..
The only drawback of Windows 10 is it imposes a lot of unnecessary stuff on you on install. It's also much more of a memory/resource hog when compared to some Linux distros like Ubuntu or Lubuntu. So while it does have a solid list of compatible programs, it isn't anywhere near as efficient as it could/should be, and it is certainly not an ideal gaming operating system.
An operating systems purpose is to make other software work and perhaps be user friendly, that's it.
I'm pretty sure most people didn't consent to having Candy Crush Saga forced on them, or Cortana, those should have been optional.
I agree with a lot of what you're writing as Windows 10 does certainly has it's flaws. But Linux does not count since the questioner is only asking about Windows Systems.
I agree with a lot of what you're writing as Windows 10 does certainly has it's flaws. But Linux does not count since the questioner is only asking about Windows Systems.
it's also generally agreed that Windows 10 is a good OS and it is a favourite of ours, so that makes 2 of us. I have this OS on 2 PC's, a laptop and desktop.
I just think it has stiff competition which is why I brought Linux up. I know what the topic is about, I was making an example that Windows 10 could be improved on a lot, because you can't have infinite processing power or memory, and at some point Microsoft has to acknowledge this fact about computer science. Windows 10 could use some massive cutbacks in resource usage, competing operating systems have all its basic functions with only half the RAM usage.
There are many times that I have had to count to ten over, not only windows 10, but windows in general. My knowledge on Linux/Ubuntu is rather limited though, and I am not ready to embark on what to me would be a rather large project of installing and learning Linux. The software I have, I'm familiar with, and I don't know if it is possible to play Minecraft on Linux.
There are many times that I have had to count to ten over, not only windows 10, but windows in general. My knowledge on Linux/Ubuntu is rather limited though, and I am not ready to embark on what to me would be a rather large project of installing and learning Linux. The software I have, I'm familiar with, and I don't know if it is possible to play Minecraft on Linux.
You can play Java version on Linux, but not the bedrock edition client.
Minecraft bedrock edition if it were ever allowed on Ubuntu someday, the client, not just the server software, it would be the ideal combination because you will get the most efficiency out of it.
Microsoft could've made a separate barebones version of Windows 10 if they wanted to and I'm not talking about IoT core, I'm talking about a basic version of Windows 10 that is still suitable for gaming.
Some things they could do to get the resource usage down are things like
Removing telemetry, making Cortana, Xbox app, Windows app store and Windows Gamebar optional, bringing back the classic Windows themes for a more simple UI, and only keeping the bare minimum amount of services needed to run third party apps without issue.
If people care about security they will likely install a third party anti-malware solution, so Windows defender isn't needed either.
Windows 10 is the best operating system
And Microsoft will not release anything new in the near future
They said they will improve Windows 10 in the future.
As for the interface, without a doubt, MacOS is the most convenient and beautiful. And as for security and privacy, MacOS is many times better than Windows
Windows 10 is the best operating system
And Microsoft will not release anything new in the near future
They said they will improve Windows 10 in the future.
As for the interface, without a doubt, MacOS is the most convenient and beautiful. And as for security and privacy, MacOS is many times better than Windows
Windows 10 is good, if you're running a PC with at least 8gb of RAM.
as for interfaces, you can change the UI of Windows 10 using applications like Winstep, and you can get widgets that actively tell the weather in your local area, including temperature, and a widget for monitoring current RAM and CPU usage. Which is fine if you're okay with the additional load on your system.
But these fancy looking UI's have a performance cost.
Especially when there are a lot of animations on display.
Windows 3.1 is technically not its own operating system as it basically only runs as an application on top of MS-DOS.
It also heavily relied on MS-DOS command lines, which means that every time you wanted to install lets say a Driver for example you needed to switch to MS-DOS, load the driver, then back to Windows 3.1 and THEN install the Windows 3.1 driver, THEN restart once again to make the changes take effect in MS-DOS as well as Windows 3.1.
Windows 3.1 is technically not its own operating system as it basically only runs as an application on top of MS-DOS.
It also heavily relied on MS-DOS command lines, which means that every time you wanted to install lets say a Driver for example you needed to switch to MS-DOS, load the driver, then back to Windows 3.1 and THEN install the Windows 3.1 driver, THEN restart once again to make the changes take effect in MS-DOS as well as Windows 3.1.
Kinda inconvenient, is it?
The same can be said for Windows 98, it is an MSDOS program that has a user friendly UI, and is a 32bit 16bit hybrid. Which explains why some 32bit programs written for XP were able to run on it, games including.
Also like its predecessor Windows 95, shortcuts to MSDOS programs could be placed on the desktop and then ran with a simple double click.
We don't have that convenience anymore because later OS's after ME are NT based.
and command prompt is terrible at emulating MSDOS.
Without the third party program DOSbox, or virtual machines, lots of people's libraries of DOS games would have been made entirely useless on Windows 10. WOW64 only allows backward compatibility with 32bit programs, there is nothing in Windows 10 that makes it support 16bit properly.
The same can be said for Windows 98, it is an MSDOS program that has a user friendly UI, and is a 32bit 16bit hybrid. Which explains why some 32bit programs written for XP were able to run on it, games including.
Also like its predecessor Windows 95, shortcuts to MSDOS programs could be placed on the desktop and then ran with a simple double click.
We don't have that convenience anymore because later OS's after ME are NT based.
and command prompt is terrible at emulating MSDOS.
Without the third party program DOSbox, or virtual machines, lots of people's libraries of DOS games would have been made entirely useless on Windows 10. WOW64 only allows backward compatibility with 32bit programs, there is nothing in Windows 10 that makes it support 16bit properly.
Yeah i agree with you on that. Windows 95 / 98 and ME were also only programs running on top of DOS.
However,Windows 9x actually felt like it was its standalone operating system, as they didn't rely on MS-DOS command lines, like Windows 3.1 did.
And yes it is a shame that Windows 10 has no proper 16-Bit emulation (and probably never will), but I personally don't really care, as emulation is always a bad idea from my point of view.
If you really want to play old games i suggest you to pick up an old Windows XP computer from ebay, as its backwards compatibility emulation WOW32 supports 16 bit programs much better than any other OS.
At the same time, its new enough to play lots of other new games (some even from the mid 2010s).
Yeah i agree with you on that. Windows 95 / 98 and ME were also only programs running on top of DOS.
However,Windows 9x actually felt like it was its standalone operating system, as they didn't rely on MS-DOS command lines, like Windows 3.1 did.
And yes it is a shame that Windows 10 has no proper 16-Bit emulation (and probably never will), but I personally don't really care, as emulation is always a bad idea from my point of view.
If you really want to play old games i suggest you to pick up an old Windows XP computer from ebay, as its backwards compatibility emulation WOW32 supports 16 bit programs much better than any other OS.
At the same time, its new enough to play lots of other new games (some even from the mid 2010s).
Trouble is that sort of hardware is getting rarer these days, someday you won't be able to get it at all.
if there will ever be an alternative I'd suspect the Pi Foundation to do it, having a Pi computer that could completely take over the functions of Windows 98 and XP with the Nvidia Vulkan drivers would be useful for PC gamers looking for a PC that can run old 32bit and 16bit games better.
since Pi PC's will never be as powerful as the general desktop or laptop computers on the market,
it makes sense that they do the next best thing, retro gaming.
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Tough question really, only got experience with XP and up, I'd say I'm tied with XP or 7, 8/8.1 I didn't mind though, 10 I hate, Vista I don't remember that much and I've never used 98 or 2000 so can't comment on them.
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Hey man actually have good experiences With vista yes RTM sucked but SP2 was awesome and fixed all performance aswell as driver compatibility errors. Sadly Vista became hard to set up because most of the Servers for Windows Update and Windows live have been shut down so its more difficult to get the required software.
But XP is a great os too and will be never forgotten.
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Windows 7 or Windows XP, and I'm not sure which (won't vote unless/until I can decide fairly which of the two it is).
I liked Windows 95, Windows 98/98SE, and Windows 2000. I didn't mind Windows ME but I had very limited experience with it so it probably doesn't count for much. I avoided Windows Vista (limited experience also, however), and dislike Windows 8 and Windows 10 (again, ditto). I'll begrudgingly deal with Windows 10 as a new forced user but I'm moving all of my non-main PCs off of Windows 7 soon and to Linux since they don't need to do games or use programs that I use that rely on Windows. I've been very disappointed with the way Windows has gone starting with 8.
yeah i dont like any os past windos 8 either.
So i just decided to stick to 7.
Windows 7 or Windows XP, and I'm not sure which (won't vote unless/until I can decide fairly which of the two it is).
I liked Windows 95, Windows 98/98SE, and Windows 2000. I didn't mind Windows ME but I had very limited experience with it so it probably doesn't count for much. I avoided Windows Vista (limited experience also, however), and dislike Windows 8 and Windows 10 (again, ditto). I'll begrudgingly deal with Windows 10 as a new forced user but I'm moving all of my non-main PCs off of Windows 7 soon and to Linux since they don't need to do games or use programs that I use that rely on Windows. I've been very disappointed with the way Windows has gone starting with 8.
Windows 98SE was a great OS at its time but its fatalshortcoming was its bugs and the fact that it had problems with PC's with more than 1gb of RAM.
Although it is too outdated now, at the time Windows XP was still supported Microsoft could have patched Windows 98SE to work kindly with PC's that had better hardware, something like a service pack update would've been nice because it still has its use as far as retro gaming goes. It certainly made MSDOS gaming convenient.
Edit: My favourite OS is Windows 10, it used to be 7, 98SE and XP
but thanks to services like GOG and the emulator DOSbox, I no longer have a use for such outdated OS's like 98
Unless there is a DOS emulator that will let me safely dual boot it with Windows 10,
I don't think I need Windows 98 anymore. There are a few games Windows 10 can't run but that is not enough to justify installing an old OS on modern hardware where driver support is non existent for it.
It depends on the purpose; for a contemporary computer used for daily work or gaming, only Windows 10 will do. But Windows XP was the OS that I kept for the longest time. I'll also take the liberty of mentioning Windows 95, the reason for this is only few people at that time had a modem, most of them of poor quality, therefore you didn't have to download update after update for your windows OS - believe it or not Microsoft made OS's that didn't need updating..
The only drawback of Windows 10 is it imposes a lot of unnecessary stuff on you on install. It's also much more of a memory/resource hog when compared to some Linux distros like Ubuntu or Lubuntu. So while it does have a solid list of compatible programs, it isn't anywhere near as efficient as it could/should be, and it is certainly not an ideal gaming operating system.
An operating systems purpose is to make other software work and perhaps be user friendly, that's it.
I'm pretty sure most people didn't consent to having Candy Crush Saga forced on them, or Cortana, those should have been optional.
I agree with a lot of what you're writing as Windows 10 does certainly has it's flaws. But Linux does not count since the questioner is only asking about Windows Systems.
it's also generally agreed that Windows 10 is a good OS and it is a favourite of ours, so that makes 2 of us. I have this OS on 2 PC's, a laptop and desktop.
I just think it has stiff competition which is why I brought Linux up. I know what the topic is about, I was making an example that Windows 10 could be improved on a lot, because you can't have infinite processing power or memory, and at some point Microsoft has to acknowledge this fact about computer science. Windows 10 could use some massive cutbacks in resource usage, competing operating systems have all its basic functions with only half the RAM usage.
There are many times that I have had to count to ten over, not only windows 10, but windows in general. My knowledge on Linux/Ubuntu is rather limited though, and I am not ready to embark on what to me would be a rather large project of installing and learning Linux. The software I have, I'm familiar with, and I don't know if it is possible to play Minecraft on Linux.
You can play Java version on Linux, but not the bedrock edition client.
Minecraft bedrock edition if it were ever allowed on Ubuntu someday, the client, not just the server software, it would be the ideal combination because you will get the most efficiency out of it.
Microsoft could've made a separate barebones version of Windows 10 if they wanted to and I'm not talking about IoT core, I'm talking about a basic version of Windows 10 that is still suitable for gaming.
Some things they could do to get the resource usage down are things like
Removing telemetry, making Cortana, Xbox app, Windows app store and Windows Gamebar optional, bringing back the classic Windows themes for a more simple UI, and only keeping the bare minimum amount of services needed to run third party apps without issue.
If people care about security they will likely install a third party anti-malware solution, so Windows defender isn't needed either.
Windows 10 is the best operating system
And Microsoft will not release anything new in the near future
They said they will improve Windows 10 in the future.
As for the interface, without a doubt, MacOS is the most convenient and beautiful. And as for security and privacy, MacOS is many times better than Windows
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Windows 10 is good, if you're running a PC with at least 8gb of RAM.
as for interfaces, you can change the UI of Windows 10 using applications like Winstep, and you can get widgets that actively tell the weather in your local area, including temperature, and a widget for monitoring current RAM and CPU usage. Which is fine if you're okay with the additional load on your system.
But these fancy looking UI's have a performance cost.
Especially when there are a lot of animations on display.
Windows 3.1 is technically not its own operating system as it basically only runs as an application on top of MS-DOS.
It also heavily relied on MS-DOS command lines, which means that every time you wanted to install lets say a Driver for example you needed to switch to MS-DOS, load the driver, then back to Windows 3.1 and THEN install the Windows 3.1 driver, THEN restart once again to make the changes take effect in MS-DOS as well as Windows 3.1.
Kinda inconvenient, is it?
also yeah forgot to quote you.
Initial message is up there.
The same can be said for Windows 98, it is an MSDOS program that has a user friendly UI, and is a 32bit 16bit hybrid. Which explains why some 32bit programs written for XP were able to run on it, games including.
Also like its predecessor Windows 95, shortcuts to MSDOS programs could be placed on the desktop and then ran with a simple double click.
We don't have that convenience anymore because later OS's after ME are NT based.
and command prompt is terrible at emulating MSDOS.
Without the third party program DOSbox, or virtual machines, lots of people's libraries of DOS games would have been made entirely useless on Windows 10. WOW64 only allows backward compatibility with 32bit programs, there is nothing in Windows 10 that makes it support 16bit properly.
Yeah i agree with you on that. Windows 95 / 98 and ME were also only programs running on top of DOS.
However,Windows 9x actually felt like it was its standalone operating system, as they didn't rely on MS-DOS command lines, like Windows 3.1 did.
And yes it is a shame that Windows 10 has no proper 16-Bit emulation (and probably never will), but I personally don't really care, as emulation is always a bad idea from my point of view.
If you really want to play old games i suggest you to pick up an old Windows XP computer from ebay, as its backwards compatibility emulation WOW32 supports 16 bit programs much better than any other OS.
At the same time, its new enough to play lots of other new games (some even from the mid 2010s).
Trouble is that sort of hardware is getting rarer these days, someday you won't be able to get it at all.
if there will ever be an alternative I'd suspect the Pi Foundation to do it, having a Pi computer that could completely take over the functions of Windows 98 and XP with the Nvidia Vulkan drivers would be useful for PC gamers looking for a PC that can run old 32bit and 16bit games better.
since Pi PC's will never be as powerful as the general desktop or laptop computers on the market,
it makes sense that they do the next best thing, retro gaming.