Peak Windows?

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

@FritzAdalis @catsalad agree

[sjuvonen@infosec.exchange]

@ryanc
Yea, I do agree. It realized many promises from NT 3.x and 4.0.

I never really used the horrors of 95/98/me, having gotten a taste of NT. And having access to registration codes for the enter-pricy from work helped.

[onyxraven@hachyderm.io]

@ryanc one’s hoping for NT4 in the list so win2k is the closest

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

@onyxraven was there any way in which NT 4.0 was better than 2000?

[notecharlie@social.bigcavemaps.com]

@ryanc NT4. my opinions will not be changed.

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

@notecharlie fine, I have no specific dislike of NT 4.0, but I'd like to hear why it was on any way better than 2000

[mainframed767@infosec.exchange]

@ryanc windows 98 criminally underrated here

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

@mainframed767 the original?

[notecharlie@social.bigcavemaps.com]

@ryanc my recollection is that 2000 was more limited with the windows subsystems for (unix, mac etc), while NT4 could be put in a posix-compliant mode and mostly work. Plus 2000 was when NT started to acquire more of the DOS-based-windows "cruft". But my experience with both 2000 and NT4 is super limited and my reply was mostly poking the bear.

I mostly have a hatred of windows 95/98, and vista-on, and just dislike the gui of XP.

[sagefault@infosec.exchange]

@ryanc Enterprise. Whichever version, you want it in "Enterprise", corporations don't put up with the sit MS foists on home users.

[mcc@mastodon.social]

@ryanc are you asking for the best Windows or the most Windows. Because my answers will be different, depending

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

@notecharlie Thanks for the explanation.

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

@mcc I had "best" in mind, but I am interested to hear your thoughts on "best" vs "most".

[jhwgh1968@chaos.social]

@ryanc this is just a clever way to ask "how old are you" and harvest all our information, isn't it

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

@jhwgh1968 I can't see who voted for what, and I'm not sure how polls work on the backend, but I trust Jerry, the admin of my instance.

[electric_gumball@mastodon.social]

@ryanc
BUt YoU fOrgOT vIsTa!!

My god I hope everybody forgot vista

[bitsnpieces@mastodon.social]

@ryanc
Windows 98 was Windows 95 fixed.
Windows XP was Windows ME fixed
Windows 7 was Windows Vista fixed
Windows 10 was Windows 8 fixed
Currently at Windows 11 in the pattern

[randomxusr@infosec.exchange]

@ryanc Windows 7 has to be the best for stability, imho.

I chose windows 10, however, due to the most recent updates as it meets the needs of both power users and regular users.

Windows sp3 I have mixed feelings about. SP3 felt like it wasn't related to original XP or SP1 or 2. It was really good with drivers.

[mainframed767@infosec.exchange]

@ryanc SE

Sorry should've been clearer

[vstab@infosec.exchange]

@ryanc Windows Me (signed: a Linux guy)
Seriously though: Windows server 2008 r3