Opinion - Windows Has Gone Downhill Big Time

[jamesp33]

Now you can close this thread if you want, this is just my opinion. Remember Windows 95, Windows Xp and all that? You know, The legendary OSs. Yeah, Remember when Windows 95 came out? It was amazing, It added so many features that we use day to day and was fully compatible with DOS and 16-bit apps. Then after we got Windows NT 4.0 which is known for having a tones of service packs... it was stable and was meant for business. Then we had Windows 98 which added some new cool stuff like Driver model and all that but other than that, Just a refine of Windows 95. Nothing goes downhill until quite a few releases later. Now we have Windows 2000 which was fast, stable, and another business OS. Didn't stop home users using it after they saw the next release. Now for Windows ME which people hate, so is it bad? No, it didn't add a whole big list of features but the features was useful, like system restore and automatic updates. Now for Windows Xp, this OS is what some people call unstoppable.It refuses to die and combined Windows 2000 and Windows ME together making it crammed with features.
Now for Vista, this OS people hate even more than Windows ME, this OS was just too advanced for the PCs then, So people said it's "Slow" when it was their PCs fault. Vista was filled with new features, a new UI, and much more. It even added more than XP. Now here's where it goes downhill, Another refinement. Its name is Windows 7 and is classed as the best OS of all time, It wasn't really an improvement, It was just a service pack really. It added new tweaks and had more drivers due to popularity but that's it. Now here's where Microsoft doomed them self, Windows 8, This is the WORST piece of software on the planet. All it did was remove features and make the user interface terrible, WORST OS EVER. Windows 10 is good in my opinion but Aero fans disagree. So I explained the history of Windows 95 to Windows 10 but let's do a list of things that have been removed through those travels: Desktop Properties, Windows Gadgets, Windows Movie Maker, Windows DVD Maker, Advanced Appearance, Many Useful tools, Windows Media Center And I could go on for ages. The fact is that Windows just isn't as good anymore. Why? Because Microsoft just doesn't do as much as they did before. Windows Won't ever have a bigger jump than the one from Windows 3.11 to Windows 95. Windows Just doesn't feel the same, And never will.

 

[atljsf]

well, that is cortana, i don't really like to use it, it is mostly a web service so it is in a form, a tool to spy on you, even on local files i don't trust on it, but i do use it, with some concern

 

[jamesp33]

I don't really care if they spy on me. I don't do anything illegal but I could see why people don't want their information leaked to Microsoft. Soon everything will spy on you. Google does it too. I'm gonna guess Microsoft is gonna sell off our information to the government? I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[Saga Lout]

Like all the Windows versions before it, the glossy frontage masks the fact that all the useful bits are still in the same places. Sometimes you have to go through three stages to get to them.

 

[Karadjgne]

Win 2000 wasn't designed for home use. It was designed for home office / small workplace use, so many of its tools were designed around MS Office abilities and functions. That's why it kinda sucked for those running games, it simply didn't have the driver access or optimization for home user gpus etc. Throw in a quatro or fire gpu and you were in business, but those cards sucked for games too. AutoCad or PowerPoint and 2000 was happy as a clam, XvT not so much. 98SE was for the home user that might do some office work, but was more about home media and entertainment, like games. When XP was introduced, MS did the same thing, basically split the OS for different purposes but maintained basic functionality, home for general use, media center, pro for networking support, ultimate for all in one, even longhorn for 64bit users. And that continues today.

 

[jamesp33]

And who said Windows 2000 was for home use?

 

[atljsf]

is not being spied if you do something bad, it is being spied doing something good, writing a article, creating content, creating something that is your property, if they can spy on you, others can use that same technology to do it and not being kindly as microsoft has been, just checking if you os is legal or your office 365 subscription is about to end

as said in the past, if you have a backdoor, or not that backdoor, more in the front but you don't let people know about it or the security it ha or should have, welll, other might find out and get into your house and see if they can do something illegal with your stuff

about windows 2000, well it wasn't for home use but still i found people buying and using those windows and pcs that came with it, second hand pcs or licenses and it was very similar to windows xp in some aspects, in others it was similar to 98, it was a interesting mixture

 

[jamesp33]

Exactly.