• Zacryon@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      I liked Win 7 and am still liking Win 10. That Win XP nostalgia isn’t up to date anymore.

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        1 year ago

        I get permission denied notices with a fully permissioned admin account on win7. I never got that with xp. That’s unacceptable on a machine i own.

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            1 year ago

            Most recently, trying to directly access user files through explorer. More disturbingly, while trying to uninstall “system” software. It seems like windows resembles unrooted android more and more with each version.

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        1 year ago

        speak for yourself. I love XP and I’m super into vaporwave which has a huge following for nostalgia of that era.

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          1 year ago

          Have fun. As long as you don’t claim that XP is better than 7 or 10 you won’t hear me complaining.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah win7 is good, but god damn, I have windows 11 on my work laptop, FML. Are they just trying to turn it into the Mac os? Whyyyyyy, what have they done. I use to have to click multiple buttons just to do the normal right click properties. They fixed that, but I still can’t stand it. I remember back when they released one of them after 7, doing everything to disable all the crazy services. Havnt bothered messing with that again though.

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          1 year ago

          Aye. I think I’m going to avoid Win 11 as long as possible. Let’s see what they make of it.

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              That’s not how I meant it. User Stinkywinks said that all Windows since Windows XP are shitty, which I disagree with. XP is often treated as a superior and awesome OS, which may have been okay for its time, but can, imho, not compete with Win 7 or Win 10.

              Missing the old times is one thing, but claiming the old times were better is another.

              It’s like comparing cars of different eras. Yeah sure, the old Ford Maverick from the 70s was a cool car. But it was also a lot less efficient, a lot less comfortable and a lot less secure. It’s surely not better in these aspects than more modern cars.

              So go ahead swaying in nostalgia, but stop glorifying Windows XP for being a better OS than modern successors.

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      1 year ago

      xp was pretty solid. win7 was iffy for a year or so then it was solid. win8 was trash but 8.1 was really decent. win10 is their best OS yet imho, though it had similar issues to win7 - kinda shit at first. thinking I might skip win11 until it gets to be solid as well - probably 2025/26 at the earliest.