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When did Microsoft stop developing Windows to be good? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Nowadays Windows is filled with adware and is fairly slow, but it wasn't always like this. Was there a particular time where a change occurred?

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Windows 2000 was the peak - rock solid with no visual fluff. XP was 2000 with a childish skin on it and it's all downhill from there.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’ve always believed that 2k was the best software they ever produced.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nah, that would surely be a game or something. Maybe Age of Empires II?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Naw, the best software they've ever produced is 6502 BASIC.

Though Flight Simulator does get an honorable mention.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

Oh man that was one of the few windows distros I never felt too compelled to reinstall. Perf just never degraded that much with a reasonably defragged drive (jesus I am dating myself with that statement)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I remember all the nicknames from when XP came out. I don't remember which was more common; disco windows, or teletubby windows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In my neck of the woods it was called fisher price windows lol