Windows Evolution

[swedeace]

See how Windows has evolved since version 1. Wow...it seems like ages ago when I first owned a 486 with Windows 3.1 on it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei707xpbLsc

[Chelsea]

As I commented on the video: I'm honestly surprised the video didn't crash when it got to ME.

In the nine months I used that piece of garbage I didn't go a single day without a system crash, IIRC.

[Czas na Zywiec]

great song

[I am Roboto]

Here's a video detailing the launches of the major Windows releases as well as promoting what VIsta was originally planned to be (anyone who used the 4000 series builds will feel nostalgic)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ifQvQCO7Y

[Chelsea]

The eventual end product of Vista - which I'm using at the moment - turned out to be largely nothing but cosmetic upgrades to Windows XP. There is pretty much nothing that's done in Vista that can't be done to XP with third party programs.

I sit here, using this, and I can't help but think: "I waited all this time...for this?" . I'm hoping that when the folks from Redmond put out Blackcomb/Vienna in 2031-ish, that it does...more.

[I am Roboto]

Originally Posted by Seth

The eventual end product of Vista - which I'm using at the moment - turned out to be largely nothing but cosmetic upgrades to Windows XP. There is pretty much nothing that's done in Vista that can't be done to XP with third party programs.

I sit here, using this, and I can't help but think: "I waited all this time...for this?" . I'm hoping that when the folks from Redmond put out Blackcomb/Vienna in 2031-ish, that it does...more.

I do think User Account Control will help the overall security of Windows for most users and should increase its reputation. I, myself, disable this PITA feature on install.

Overall, I'm positive about Vista. It's worthwhile in many respects and certain features do interest me such as ReadyBoost & SuperFetch. It's also much better than continuing to patch XP forever. I've lost count on the amount of Windows Updates one must install with a fresh image of XP or 2003, even with their appropriate service packs slipstreamed. I'm also happy to finally be done with the floppy drive for the whole "Press F6 to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver" as USB thumbdrives are now supported in Setup.

[Chelsea]

Originally Posted by I am Roboto

I, myself, disable this PITA feature on install.
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The first thing I did when Vista booted post-install a couple of days ago. I ran with it on while running Microsoft's Beta2 and RC1 releases in the past (forgive me if I don't recall the exact build numbers), and I can safely say that UAC - to ME - was the single most annoying "feature" of a computer software program this side of Clippy. Yes, I want to delete this file. If I didn't, I wouldn't have tried to delete it in the first place!

I've lost count on the amount of Windows Updates one must install with a fresh image of XP or 2003

Last time I did a fresh reinstall of XP was on my laptop in December. Starting from XP (MCE 05) with SP2, I believe it was somewhere in the neighborhood of 90 updates, start to finish. And that was just from Windows Update.

[SBTB Geek]

My family was mostly into Mac's during Window's early days. We didn't get a PC until Windows NT 3.1 was released, but even then we still used our older Mac more often.

Somewhere in our garage we have a computer still running on Windows 95 and an other using Windows 98. One is 1GB and the other has 5GB, respectively. LOL

[theshark8777]

When I installed Vista, the first thing it did was crash and give me the BSOD.
That was my first impression of it.
Long live OS X.

[Chelsea]

Originally Posted by theshark8777

When I installed Vista, the first thing it did was crash and give me the BSOD.

In 3 days of using Vista, not a single crash. Lucky, I guess.

I'm already beginning to get the feeling Vista may turn out like ME in a lot of ways.