Your favourite and least favourite versions of Windows

[Liriena]

As for my thoughts; my favourite would definitely be XP (because nostalgia heals all wounds, as someone once said).

Least favourite? 10 (because of the damned frequent stealth updates, shutting everything down & me losing something I was working on).

My favourite thing about XP was all its "themes". It had a forest theme, an underwater theme... Good stuff.

[-Astoria-]

As for my thoughts; my favourite would definitely be XP (because nostalgia heals all wounds, as someone once said).

Least favourite? 10 (because of the damned frequent stealth updates, shutting everything down & me losing something I was working on).

My favourite thing about XP was all its "themes". It had a forest theme, an underwater theme... Good stuff.

Mine was the games on it; especially Encarta (every school had it, since Windows 7 was still very much rare here).

[Saiwania]

Windows 7 was the best for me overall. Windows 10 is almost a worthy successor to it, but does have some problems where it is just not as great as it could be. It is easier to run older games and emulators (for stuff that is super old) on Windows 7, than is the case with anything Windows 8 onwards. Windows 8 was my least favorite but I can say that it was better than Windows Vista overall.

Windows 10 is basically a much better version of Windows 8, but still imperfect. Much like how Windows 7 is simply an improved version of Windows Vista.

There are some things to like about Windows 10, but it also has things about it I don't like. System Restore doesn't work well on 10 in my experience compared to 7. I rely more on frequent back ups with the free edition of Macrium Reflect now if I need to do any restores to undo a bad change.

[Borderlands of Rojava]

Windows Vista sucks ass. I would rather download a computer virus than Windows Vista, and if I had to make a list of the worst inventions of all time, it would be higher up on the list than nuclear weapons. Vista is a crime against humanity. Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves.

[-Astoria-]

Windows Vista sucks ass. I would rather download a computer virus than Windows Vista, and if I had to make a list of the worst inventions of all time, it would be higher up on the list than nuclear weapons. Vista is a crime against humanity. Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves.

I've heard many say it was <insert strong language here>, but what was bad about it?

[Ethel mermania]

Windows Vista sucks ass. I would rather download a computer virus than Windows Vista, and if I had to make a list of the worst inventions of all time, it would be higher up on the list than nuclear weapons. Vista is a crime against humanity. Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves.

I've heard many say it was <insert strong language here>, but what was bad about it?

It was incredibly clunky, the security they were trying to implement was difficult to work with and slowed the system and applications down.

[The Alma Mater]

Windows Vista sucks ass. I would rather download a computer virus than Windows Vista, and if I had to make a list of the worst inventions of all time, it would be higher up on the list than nuclear weapons. Vista is a crime against humanity. Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves.

I've heard many say it was <insert strong language here>, but what was bad about it?

Please enter an administrative password to get access to that information.

[-Astoria-]

I've heard many say it was <insert strong language here>, but what was bad about it?

Please enter an administrative password to get access to that information.

What if you were an admin already?

[The New California Republic]

Windows Vista sucks ass. I would rather download a computer virus than Windows Vista, and if I had to make a list of the worst inventions of all time, it would be higher up on the list than nuclear weapons. Vista is a crime against humanity. Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves.

I've heard many say it was <insert strong language here>, but what was bad about it?

Read it and weep.

[Major-Tom]

I grew up with Windows XP and Windows 7, I'm partial to both in terms of Windows systems. Windows 10 has almost murdered me financially this year, it's the most unusable, unintuitive, ugly, and poorly designed OS I've ever seen. Two separate glitches in Windows 10 massacred 2 Lenovo laptops of mine within 4 weeks. Thankfully, I was able to return both in time for a full refund, but until Windows 10 is off PCs, I'll never purchase one.

[The Two Jerseys]

3.1, 95, XP, 7 are boss.

10 is okay for the office, but I prefer my personal computer to not have to be tied into the cloud and to HAVE GODDAMN SOLITAIRE AND MINESWEEPER INSTALLED ON IT!!!

[Cekoviu]

7 was probably the objective best due to XP's security flaws, but i'm personally partial to the latter simply due to nostalgia. the worst ones are me, 8 (not 8.1), and 10.

i don't use windows on bare metal anymore; due to how terrible 10 is, i've switched to linux with a windows VM for the few applications i need to use that don't have linux support

re the vista criticism here:
the popular image of vista as slow is less to do with the os itself and more to do with its marketing. aero was a more graphically intensive ui than hardware at the time was designed for and vista was therefore more suitable for higher-end machines, but computer companies ignored this and marketed computers which were very much not vista-ready as such. people would then buy low-end machines marketed as vista-ready with the expectation that they would readily handle aero, which they often couldn't. therefore people chalked that up to vista being inherently slow when in reality it was just more that their computers couldn't handle it.

[-Astoria-]

I've heard many say it was <insert strong language here>, but what was bad about it?

Read it and weep.

I'm not weeping; but ouch.

[Ghost Land]

3.1, 95, XP, 7 are boss.

10 is okay for the office, but I prefer my personal computer to not have to be tied into the cloud and to HAVE GODDAMN SOLITAIRE AND MINESWEEPER INSTALLED ON IT!!!

Exactly! Just let me store stuff on my computer without putting a copy out there on the Internet or otherwise making me use it when I don't want to! I also think Windows 8 and newer versions are ugly compared to the earlier versions. Hello, big blocks of bland "modern" colour!

As for my thoughts; my favourite would definitely be XP (because nostalgia heals all wounds, as someone once said).

Least favourite? 10 (because of the damned frequent stealth updates, shutting everything down & me losing something I was working on).

My favourite thing about XP was all its "themes". It had a forest theme, an underwater theme... Good stuff.

I liked the XP themes too.

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

Trying to work on a music track but I can't because Windows 10 is doing something that makes the volume go up and down. It really is such an appallingly designed piece of software.

[Atheris]

I like Windows 10, personally.

My least favorite version is easily Windows 8. I have no idea what they were thinking when they were making that.

[Nilrahrarfan]

Favorite: Windows 8.1 (if you use Classic Shell) or XP (as-is)

Least Favorite: Windows 1.0 (Absolutely NOTHING to do) or Windows 10 (Forced Updates)

[The Cosmic Mainframe]

Favorite: Windows 8.1 (if you use Classic Shell) or XP (as-is)

Least Favorite: Windows 1.0 (Absolutely NOTHING to do) or Windows 10 (Forced Updates)

Windows 1.0-3.1 is better if you think of it as a desktop environment on top of MS-DOS, rather than a full featured operating system.

[Nilrahrarfan]

Favorite: Windows 8.1 (if you use Classic Shell) or XP (as-is)

Least Favorite: Windows 1.0 (Absolutely NOTHING to do) or Windows 10 (Forced Updates)

Windows 1.0-3.1 is better if you think of it as a desktop environment on top of MS-DOS, rather than a full featured operating system.

So Windows 10 is my least favorite.
Honestly, I'd rather use Windows ME. At least ME never shoved updates down your throat and never spied on you.

[Cordel One]

Windows 7 was my favorite version because it was modern and before Microsoft really started advertising its products all over the OS. On the other hand, Vista was the worst. I can't point out any one reason why I disliked it, but I did. Maybe it was that paperclip.

[Tornado Queendom]

I also voted for Windows ME, because ANYTHING is better than 10.

[Rusozak]

Whoever voted Windows 8, go sit in the corner and think about what you did.

[Ghost Land]

Windows 7 was my favorite version because it was modern and before Microsoft really started advertising its products all over the OS. On the other hand, Vista was the worst. I can't point out any one reason why I disliked it, but I did. Maybe it was that paperclip.

Clippit?

IIRC he was introduced in Word 97. He was cute but he could be annoying; just let me write already without bugging me!

[Soiled fruit roll ups]

The freight program that runs my states rail system has frequent errors with anything newer than Windows XP.

[Ethel mermania]

Favorite: Windows 8.1 (if you use Classic Shell) or XP (as-is)

Least Favorite: Windows 1.0 (Absolutely NOTHING to do) or Windows 10 (Forced Updates)

Windows 1.0-3.1 is better if you think of it as a desktop environment on top of MS-DOS, rather than a full featured operating system.

Since you are a mainframe, one thing it was spectacular at was running multiple mainframe sessions at the time. Particularly IBM 3270 sessions, it was a boon for the coders.