If you had the chance to go back to an older OS, What would it be?

[d2123cross]

If you had the chance to go back to an older OS, what would it be.

 

[rossfingal]

Windows 2000 Pro

(I do like Windows 7, though!!)

 

[d2123cross]

Windows 2000 Pro

(I do like Windows 7, though!!)

Those are also ones I would go back to if forced (I use w2k on an old Acer Computer duel booted with xp and an 7 laptop)

 

[RoasterMen]

Windows 2000 and other OSes that was in the private beta stage before XP. It's easier for me to VM those OS than to dual boot with them as I have no experience with that kind of thing.

 

[d2123cross]

Windows 2000 and other OSes that was in the private beta stage before XP. It's easier for me to VM those OS than to dual boot with them as I have no experience with that kind of thing.

Yeah VMS are the easiest to run older OSes in.

 

[JohnPC]

Amiga OS 2.04

 

[jadinolf]

I'll just stick with 7.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I'll just stick with 7.

 

[NoelDP]

Believe it or not. ..
Windows Millenium!
A great little PS in its day despite everything Norton did to try and destroy it.

 

[d2123cross]

Believe it or not. ..
Windows Millenium!
A great little PS in its day despite everything Norton did to try and destroy it.

I agree. It was pretty good[emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji4]

 

[ThrashZone]

No need to go back win-7 is perfect out of the box
x-p was my first os and I do not miss it at all

 

[A Guy]

WebTV

A Guy

 

[M1GU31]

win 7 or a linux distro which will always be new since those are free. Xp could be a option but ehh I can't even use it anymore too use to the new stuff I would just move to linux.

 

[Alejandro85]

DOS 6.22

I like it a lot the amount of control of everything that was going on the OS. The default install was incredibly clean (compared to today immensely bloated "clean" installs). Installing programs was a matter of copying a directory and running a file. Drivers can be checked by looking at config.sys/autoexec.bat. Antiviruses were actually useful back then (as well as viruses were made by real men and not script kiddies). No messing with registries, hidden autorun programs, everything was really simple.
Pair it with Norton Commander 3 and file management became trivial too

 

[groze]

DOS 6.22

I like it a lot the amount of control of everything that was going on the OS. The default install was incredibly clean (compared to today immensely bloated "clean" installs). Installing programs was a matter of copying a directory and running a file. Drivers can be checked by looking at config.sys/autoexec.bat. Antiviruses were actually useful back then (as well as viruses were made by real men and not script kiddies). No messing with registries, hidden autorun programs, everything was really simple.
Pair it with Norton Commander 3 and file management became trivial too

You might like dosbox.

You might also like chocolatey . Chocolatey is package manager to install software using the command line in cmd or powershell terminals. The only issue with me, it doesn't give you a chance to do a custom installs. It silent installs the program. At least on a Linux system with apt-get or similar command, you know you can download software that been trusted and approved from an official repository unless you use an unofficial repository.

 

[Dude]

WebTV

A Guy

Those WebTV's were great back in their day

 

[Alejandro85]

DOS 6.22

I like it a lot the amount of control of everything that was going on the OS. The default install was incredibly clean (compared to today immensely bloated "clean" installs). Installing programs was a matter of copying a directory and running a file. Drivers can be checked by looking at config.sys/autoexec.bat. Antiviruses were actually useful back then (as well as viruses were made by real men and not script kiddies). No messing with registries, hidden autorun programs, everything was really simple.
Pair it with Norton Commander 3 and file management became trivial too

You might like dosbox.

You might also like chocolatey . Chocolatey is package manager to install software using the command line in cmd or powershell terminals. The only issue with me, it doesn't give you a chance to do a custom installs. It silent installs the program. At least on a Linux system with apt-get or similar command, you know you can download software that been trusted and approved from an official repository unless you use an unofficial repository.

I like DosBox actually, but far from a real DOS environment. Nice option to play older games or other programs within newer OSs.

I don't like Chocolatey at all. It's actually the opposite of what i was talking about. It takes away chance of controlling what installers do (because they run fully silently), and the downloads can came from anywhere, as you can't control that really. Even worse, it doesn't gives the chance to backup the installer itself (a must for any backup plan). The only thing in common with the real DOS is the command-line interface, which is incidentally the worst part of DOS (hence my comment on NC).

 

[d2123cross]

I'll just stick with 7.

I had 7 until yesterday, when I upgraded to Windows 10 T.P.

 

[d2123cross]

No need to go back win-7 is perfect out of the box
x-p was my first os and I do not miss it at all [emoji14]

Exactly! Windows 7 is perfect out of the box!! [emoji1]

But, why do you not miss Win Xp at all? It was great!!

 

[d2123cross]

DOS 6.22

I like it a lot the amount of control of everything that was going on the OS. The default install was incredibly clean (compared to today immensely bloated "clean" installs). Installing programs was a matter of copying a directory and running a file. Drivers can be checked by looking at config.sys/autoexec.bat. Antiviruses were actually useful back then (as well as viruses were made by real men and not script kiddies). No messing with registries, hidden autorun programs, everything was really simple.
Pair it with Norton Commander 3 and file management became trivial too [emoji14]

Great answer! I liked how much control the OS gave you. Those were real clean installs.