But yeah, it was the most polished and performant Windows for years - lean and mean. I completely skipped the candy-coated bullshit of XP and eventually had to move to 7 solely for hardware compatibility reasons when I finally had the money to buy modern gaming hardware. What a disappointment that was.
I grew up with Vista and 7, and so have a very soft spot for it.
I use Linux daily, but my nostalgia VM is on Vista with plenty of period correct games! Running in VMWare I found the huge coincidence that the display driver has enough overhead to run the games realistically for that period!
I stopped taking Windows seriously after Windows 2000
Windows 2000 was released before I was born.
But I did use 2000 in a 86Box emulated machine. It just feels so good to use. Professional users were treated well!
… bruh 👴🏻
Oof, right in the middle age!
But yeah, it was the most polished and performant Windows for years - lean and mean. I completely skipped the candy-coated bullshit of XP and eventually had to move to 7 solely for hardware compatibility reasons when I finally had the money to buy modern gaming hardware. What a disappointment that was.
They missed out on 98, that was my bread and butter. My last windows PC dies this month, then we’ll be a *bian household
I grew up with Vista and 7, and so have a very soft spot for it.
I use Linux daily, but my nostalgia VM is on Vista with plenty of period correct games! Running in VMWare I found the huge coincidence that the display driver has enough overhead to run the games realistically for that period!