Comment on Whatever happened to the days when shit just...worked?
chunes@lemmy.world 2 months ago
to all the people saying it never worked: there was a period from about 2006-2016 when it worked a helluva lot better than sooner or later than that.
Delphia@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Thats what I keep saying about Windows 10.
When it dropped it was fucking amazing. Every last thing just worked and they werent trying to milk us for every last cent or scrap of personal info just yet.
birdcannon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Windows 10 was absolutely not a miracle on launch, it had its own host of problems that got fixed or ‘features’ removed over time. I distinctly remember the indexing and search being completely worthless for the first year. Forums were filled with posters declaring they’d hold onto Windows 7 until their PC crumbled to dust, and then they would finally switch to Linux. Such is the cycle of Windows releases.
TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I also remember Windows 10 being annoying at first, but I think it mostly gets overshadowed by how many issues I had with 8/8.1
Delphia@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Maybe I do have some rose tinted glasses because I hated 8 oh so fucking much.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I remember the Windows 7 launch more vividly. IIRC they released a free public beta before launch. I immediately downloaded and installed it. Light as a feather and it ran like a top, everything worked.
SaraTonin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You did still have to install a third-party app to get the start menu not to take up the whole screen, though
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
that’s windows 8
SaraTonin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No i never had windows 8. Unless they retroactively updated windows 7 to go fullscreen it had to be 10
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 months ago
I’ve had Windows 10 from day 1 and I never had to do such nonsense.