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.
Comment on Whatever happened to the days when shit just...worked?
Delphia@lemmy.world 2 days agoThats 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.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
SaraTonin@lemmy.world 2 days 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 days ago
that’s windows 8
SaraTonin@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No i never had windows 8. Unless they retroactively updated windows 7 to go fullscreen it had to be 10
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
windows 10 never had a fullscreen start menu (enabled by default). 7 never had it in any way.
If the start menu was fullscreen on 10, it’s because you explicitly enabled it. It’s not the default.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 days ago
I’ve had Windows 10 from day 1 and I never had to do such nonsense.
birdcannon@lemmy.world 2 days 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 days 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 days ago
Maybe I do have some rose tinted glasses because I hated 8 oh so fucking much.