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So just for fun i thought id ask around for what everyone thinks is the best windows ever produced. What about the worst? Just out of curiosity. 

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Most reliable for me? Windows Server 2012 R2. Client: Windows 7 or Windows XP. 

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Best Windows 7 Cause of looks 

Worst Windows vista (Windows 8/8.1) Cause of broken stuff

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best:

Windows 10

because of the multiple desktops and nice and fluent UI

Worst:

Windows 8

because it was ment for shit with touchscreens and even then it was a pice of garbage

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

Most reliable for me? Windows Server 2012 R2. Client: Windows 7 or Windows XP. 

can you still play games like bf1 on old os' or are there limitations? Like dos or whatever i dont know much about that sort of thing.

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3 minutes ago, Cantaloupeman said:

So just for fun i thought id ask around for what everyone thinks is the best windows ever produced. What about the worst? Just out of curiosity. 

vista is the best 7 is the worst

third place goes to 95 98 because they are iconic

also the spying technology in windows 10 is so damn innovative i would make it 2nd place

xp would be second worst

the paperclip made it slightly tolerable

windows 8 is meh

same with all other verions

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Windows 98 Second Edition

Great backwards compatibility. You pretty much get DOS and Windows in one. You can even launch it in DOS-only mode. Also: it will run on a potato.

Pretty much the best thing for retro game enthusiasts like me.

I swear I'd still use it if it had a 64 bit release, support for multi-core CPU's and hyperthreading and if modern software was still compatible with it.


The worst: Windows 10. The spying is real.

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Freaking Win 7 FTW 

 

(I like Vista too) 

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Windows 95 & 98 - For bringing the iconic Start Menu into the world & Refining it to be an awesome OS I still use Windows 98 on my Retro Gaming PC :) 

 

Windows Vista - When it was released it was an awful OS, buggy and caused me to switch to Mac OS X for 7 Years!

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Windowx XP - best

Worst - Windows 8

OK - Windows 7

Meh but still ok - Windows Vista

Usable - Windows 10

 

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2 minutes ago, Cantaloupeman said:

can you still play games like bf1 on old os' or are there limitations? Like dos or whatever i dont know much about that sort of thing.

DOS? Oh hell no. You realize that DOS didn't even have a (really usable, anyway) GUI? More so than the DOS Shell? 

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Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

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Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

DOS? Oh hell no. You realize that DOS didn't even have a (really usable, anyway) GUI? More so than the DOS Shell? 

idk even what dos is i was just trying to get an idea of if i could build a modern gaming pc and install something like windows 2000 on it and still play all the same games i would be able to play if i had something like windows 10.

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Forgot to mention Windows 2000! I still use it!

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Secondary System: York

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Just now, Cantaloupeman said:

idk even what dos is i was just trying to get an idea of if i could build a modern gaming pc and install something like windows 2000 on it and still play all the same games i would be able to play if i had something like windows 10.

Nope. Web browsers don't even support Win2K anymore. 

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Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

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Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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3.1

But XP has been the most resilient, and windows 7 has been the most popular. 

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I have Had only a hand full of problems with Windows 10 on more than five computers. I could go on for a long time about all the issues I have had with windows 7. But despite that, windows 8/8.1 is a terrible OS that has lead me to look up how to do even the most basic tasks (such as how to find the gosh darn file explorer). 

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2 minutes ago, Cantaloupeman said:

idk even what dos is i was just trying to get an idea of if i could build a modern gaming pc and install something like windows 2000 on it and still play all the same games i would be able to play if i had something like windows 10.

This is MS-DOS. 

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14 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Nope. Web browsers don't even support Win2K anymore. 

can you set the compatibility to a newer windows on an older os such as 95 or 98?

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Just now, Cantaloupeman said:

can you set the compatibility to a newer windows on an older os such as 95 or 98?

It doesn't work that way. The older operating systems aren't aware of the newer ones. 

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I think the best Windows ever released was Windows 10.  It might have horrible privacy invading features.  But it's automatic updates, and virus protection, and it's integration into the Microsoft ecosystem I think makes it a fantastic operating system for the future.  Any bug or issue in Windows can be fixed and a patch can be issued to everyone automatically and efficiently using the system in place.  I think the ability to share updates over the internet is a fantastic feature too, because it gives you updates faster, and wouldn't make a huge impact on your network speed. 

 

The reality shown in the book 1984 by George Orwell at one point or another is going to become at least similar to reality.  Because of the way technology is moving, and the way the government handles it's security.  So while I'm still a Linux fan because I love the openness, and the ability to create and develop whatever I want.  But I believe Microsoft is making a move for the future, where everything is shared and integrated in a system.  

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28 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

It doesn't work that way. The older operating systems aren't aware of the newer ones. 

i notice your profile says you have windows keys would you be able to give me a few so i can try out a few different os's?

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1 minute ago, Cantaloupeman said:

i notice your profile says you have windows keys would you be able to give me a few so i can try out a few different os's?

Which OSs?

Main System: Phobos

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

Older File Server: Yet to be named

Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

Which OSs?

i guess 98, and 2000, xp and Windows Server 2012 R2

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