Windows XP
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I would venture to say that Windows 8 was the "first" step backward... I can't stand Windows 10. The flat design kills me, the plethora of extra processes just to maintain a functional OS is crazy. While I did recently build a Windows 10 machine for myself, since I know that eventually, I will require it, my primary workstation is still a Windows 7 64 bit machine with 32Gb of RAM and a bunch of SSDs in a few RAID configurations. That said, my home networks are well fire-walled, in fact, friends/guests/visitors that require WIFI access get an entirely different router and and gateway. All of my development/testing/work resources are on a separate network from the rest of my home, so as long as I don't do something terribly stupid, the lack of new security updates is not of too much concern to me. If it ever gets to the point that I can't run all of the development tools that I require on W7 64 bit, then I will bite the bullet and transition to the Windows 10 box, but until such a time, Windows 7 still rocks!
Even though the author ask about your experience with Windows XP I agree with K Personett Windows 7 is the product that MS should have enhanced and not over engineered I can only make this statement based on past experience with MS OS's namely Windows 95 Windows XP and the nightmare of Windows ME My experience with Windows ME taught me to READ what other professionals thought about a new OS before I blindly upgraded because it was NEW and IMPROVED My biggest complaint was when Microsoft and I had a go around about my copy of Microsoft Office 2003 which I purchased on a DVD They refused to let me install it on a new Widows 7 64 bit machine and accused me of trying to install pirated software after numerous complaint emails to Bill Gates I did not believe someone from MS contacted me and said the problem was fixed Final thought FWIW New is nice if it includes Improvements with out BLOAT and maintains backward comparability with high priced MS Software
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First I have to admit I am a Microsoft apologist and happily jump to each new OS without complain. However.. I went down the memory lane and stumbled on Windows XP. And I though that Windows 10 is so good, why would anyone like XP over W10? However I stumbled on a (2017) pots of someone complaining how W10 was bloating in comparison, running hundred of unwanted and unneeded processes devouring CPU.. and I though I can't really compare.. my W10 certainly runs very fine.. but it's powered by a monster modern CPU... So please come at me with your anecdote why XP is better than W10! I am just curious to see if I can be swayed... EDIT for clarity I believe Windows 10 performance is really good (I have a clean install on my PC not a pre install), but hey, I can't 100% sure... Startup definitely faster for sure.. it's almost instant after bios, unlike like 2 minute for XP back in the days And I think it's relatively easy to launch any program you have installed, I think the current start menu seems leaner than XP with a very quick search box (I think it has changed in that last year or 2)
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I prefer Windows 10 UI way over XP, but if we were talking about an OS that uses way less resources historically I would have gone with Windows 2000, for the lightest footprint but still a decent desktop for developing on. Would I want to go back to W2K? heck no. But I do miss it's lightweight install and system requirements, XP was heavy compared to it, W7 nearly gave me shock with the install size. Win10 although heavy in some ways has some pretty good features that I would miss going backwards
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Even though the author ask about your experience with Windows XP I agree with K Personett Windows 7 is the product that MS should have enhanced and not over engineered I can only make this statement based on past experience with MS OS's namely Windows 95 Windows XP and the nightmare of Windows ME My experience with Windows ME taught me to READ what other professionals thought about a new OS before I blindly upgraded because it was NEW and IMPROVED My biggest complaint was when Microsoft and I had a go around about my copy of Microsoft Office 2003 which I purchased on a DVD They refused to let me install it on a new Widows 7 64 bit machine and accused me of trying to install pirated software after numerous complaint emails to Bill Gates I did not believe someone from MS contacted me and said the problem was fixed Final thought FWIW New is nice if it includes Improvements with out BLOAT and maintains backward comparability with high priced MS Software
Windows 7 was the natural evolution of Windows XP. I still use Windows XP virtual machines for running tons of JScripts that mimic xml-http clients that interact with the server products I write/maintain. I use 32 bit XP VMs mainly because the memory requirements are low and it runs well in a sandbox under Hyper-V. I still have some 64 bit XP installations backed up, but no need to run them any more due to the limited usage I require. I don't do any PC based gaming. I spend enough time on computers while working.
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First I have to admit I am a Microsoft apologist and happily jump to each new OS without complain. However.. I went down the memory lane and stumbled on Windows XP. And I though that Windows 10 is so good, why would anyone like XP over W10? However I stumbled on a (2017) pots of someone complaining how W10 was bloating in comparison, running hundred of unwanted and unneeded processes devouring CPU.. and I though I can't really compare.. my W10 certainly runs very fine.. but it's powered by a monster modern CPU... So please come at me with your anecdote why XP is better than W10! I am just curious to see if I can be swayed... EDIT for clarity I believe Windows 10 performance is really good (I have a clean install on my PC not a pre install), but hey, I can't 100% sure... Startup definitely faster for sure.. it's almost instant after bios, unlike like 2 minute for XP back in the days And I think it's relatively easy to launch any program you have installed, I think the current start menu seems leaner than XP with a very quick search box (I think it has changed in that last year or 2)
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