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My first was Windows 7, still using
What was your first OS?
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New #42
My first was 98. Worse than treading in dog poo. Loved XP's tweakability and was dragged kicking and screaming into W7 where I will be staying no matter what. I want a W7 ISO with me in my coffin.
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New #43
It wasn't that bad as long as you won the device driver lottery. In fact, I was just the right kind of stubborn conclusion-jumper that, being unaware of how much Windows XP could be configured to look classic without the later patching tools to finish the job, I shunned what I called "Fisher-Price OS" for an extra year or two.
Heck, just a month ago, I finished setting 98SE up on an HP t5530 thin client (after installing more storage) and, aside from a couple of driver-related rough spots (one which would have never come up back in the day because it has to do with net-mounting DAEMON Tools virtual CDs to lean on another machine with 2000 times as much space and much snappier I/O), it's as pleasant as my rose-colored memory of it. (And that thing was never meant to run Windows 98. It just happens to be built out of parts that were just old enough to have drivers for it.)
Now Windows 3.1... that was fragile.
Anyway, I've been around computers since I was a baby, so I can't be 100% certain, but I believe my first OS was MS-DOS 3.22 on an IBM PC XT. If not, then MS-DOS 4.01... but don't ask me to use edlin. I forgot how long ago.Last edited by ssokolow; 14 Jun 2024 at 04:00. Reason: Trying to get paragraph breaks correct
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New #44
I think it was Windows 98. But I'm not sure because I had earlier memory that I played 3D pinball with older PC in home.
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New #45
I started on windows 95, which came with my first computer, a Gateway 2000. It included a 98 upgrade disc, which I almost immediately implemented. At my worksite I used XP. I got a new Gateway in 2009, which came with Vista. I upgraded that eventually to W7. I totally bypassed W8/8.1, as I could see how bad it was relative to W7. I tried W10, but the upgrade madness and the incredibly convoluted layout and inner workings of the thing turned me off every time I tried the upgrade.
I still have the Gateway 2000 with W98. And the 2009 Gateway with W7. I also have a bare-bones i7 for my music composition, which has W7 Pro. And recently I purchased an HP Elite 8300 with W7. I could have gotten it with W10, but, why?
I also have explored Linux intensely. I was even doing my music on it until coming back to W7 recently. I have used at least 20 Linux distros. If you're interested, try Mint LMDE. Best cure for distro-hopping that I know.
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