8 felt like they were trying to force something on me.
10 felt like they were pushing bloatware like a cell phone. At least l could remove some of that?
11 feels like they decided it’s their computer, I’m just renting time in it by watching ads. You could remove half the programs by default and I would not miss any of them. Do I need a version of minesweeper with micro transactions? No!
Always has(n’t) been.
I disagree.
I’m sorry, there’s microtransactions in minesweeper?
Windows 2000 was the last Windows that I felt I could just slap on any old hardware.
Which is weird, since Win2k definitely had lower hardware compatibility than XP, Vista, 7, etc.
It wasn’t consumer-focused and just didn’t have the driver compatibility from vendors yet.
Quite the contrary, it had exemplary compatibility, including Plug’n’Play and wide native USB support.
With the things you tried it did.
Believe me, I was part of a team testing compatibility.
XP wasn’t yours when MS pushed an update without permission or announcement.
And you were free to turn that off.
That’s the thing. It WAS off. MS blasted through with their back door