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"Programmers are human-shaped machines that transform alcohol into bugs."
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Don't get me wrong but XP is overhyped - best Windows NT ever is Windows 2000 - XP is the first Windows that started long process of "fixing what isn’t broken"...
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That linked article is inaccurate. Did anyone bother to fact-check it? It says:
"Windows 7 followed Vista in 2009, confronting users with massive changes. It initially forced users on computers with a keyboard and mouse into a tablet-style interaction on the home screen.
The familiar icons and desktop format vanished. Instead, users were greeted with differently-sized tiles, and scrolling mechanisms that were perfect for touch-screens but awkward for mouse navigation."Last edited by usually_quiet; 26th Oct 2021 at 16:37.
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I don't know in which reality this author is living but the article starts with a ridiculous premise, namely that Microsoft ever "fell". It didn't.
It also ignores all the lawsuits and DOJ monopoly investigations that prevents MS from engaging in the same business strategies it did when XP was released.
It's also flat out wrong about the way it describes Win 7, I've never seen or used a Win 7 install that behaved the way the author describes. -
He has Win8 confused with Win7.
Start bars, XP, 7, 8.1:
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"Academic rigor," my ass.Last edited by jagabo; 26th Oct 2021 at 22:08.
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Microsoft fell all the way up to the Fortune 500 #15 spot. Doomed.
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Memory plays strange tricks.
I still have a Win7 install and I did have to change something to make it look like what I was used to previously. Not tiles but still IIRC crazy floating windows with those various themes.
But even with Win10 one could get rid of the tiles and revert back to desktop icons.
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I liked 8.1, used it for the last 2 1/2 years. Originally had an early version of 10, but I found myself fighting it,
I ran into a bunch of problems with updates, I scrapped it and installed 8.1. Disabled as much of the store/metro apps as I could
and it works well.
Have since upgraded to the latest 10 as an experiment (within the last week); seems much better than the earlier version I had trouble with in the past
Have taken a full partition backup of 8.1 and can revert back to it in about 20 minutes if I'm inclined to do so.
Also have an XP install on this PC; it's still usable, avast free A/V and the Basilisk web browser -
I'm typing on a laptop running Windows 8.1. I didn't need to fight my old habits anymore after I installed Classic Shell. If I had fewer apps installed or had a tablet maybe I would have liked the Start Screen.
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Last edited by usually_quiet; 26th Oct 2021 at 22:50.
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Originally Posted by usually_quiet
Now called Open Shell, works great with Win 10.
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I think the fall of microsoft is a bit overstated, they still have an enormous market cap.
But they have declined. This, however, has nothing to do with XP and much to do with their failure to make much of a dent in the mobile area. -
Leaving my MAC's alone (for real work!) I'm still on Windows 7 and have not had any major problems. But time to move on and Win 11 coming up! What dramas will that be?
SONY 75" Full array 200Hz LED TV, Yamaha A1070 amp, Zidoo UHD3000, BeyonWiz PVR V2 (Enigma2 clone), Chromecast, Windows 11 Professional, QNAP NAS TS851 -
I guess that is where the claim of academic rigor comes from.
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Right at the top of the page:
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Heh, that's not a part of the Mobile Portrait version, but is there in Landscape mode.
My YouTube channel with little clips: vhs-decode, comparing TBC, etc. -
It's not dead yet... "Microsoft reclaims title of most valuable public company..."
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/10/microsoft-reclaims-title-of-most-valuable-publ...r-apple-falls/ -
The sad thing is that this lady teaches computer science in a university. I guess things are upside down in The Land Down Under, and they see companies that are rising as falling.
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Right at the top of the page:
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The sad thing is that this lady teaches computer science in a university.Last edited by abolibibelot; 31st Oct 2021 at 07:19.
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