Peak Windows?

[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

[grs@infosec.exchange]

@ryanc Y'all say XPSP3, but in your heart of hearts, Win2K was the absolute best.

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

@bitsnpieces Windows XP was the replacement after they took Windows ME out back and shot it, there was no fixing it.

[lara@metalhead.club]

@ryanc tough choice between XP and 7 for me.

[balterwenjamin42@mastodon.social]

@ryanc Can't believe XP is getting so much love, never worked for me.

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

@balterwenjamin42 it was shit until service pack 2, then was fine

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

@Lara windows 7 edges out XP SP3 for me

[faux@tech.lgbt]

@electric_gumball @ryanc the company I was working with at the time refused to go to vista, but needed the ram, so we're running a mix of xp and xp64. These two things are much less alike than their IT department was hoping for.

[ryanc@infosec.exchange]

@faux @electric_gumball I forgot about the RAM limit, lol.

[bieberium@infosec.exchange]

@ryanc I belong to the people who have a sweet spot for Win Me occasionally

[dntlookbehindu@infosec.exchange]

@ryanc I was also making a terrible joke

[raven667@hachyderm.io]

@FritzAdalis @ryanc @catsalad I really appreciated the attempt in Win8-10 to refactor all the brittle quirky control panels and wizards, which were sprinkled everywhere and frozen in amber, with a more thoughtfully organized and maintained settings app. Refactoring conhost/MS Terminal, including OpenSSH, WSL/WSA, winget and the Store update infrastructure, all made Windows a more useful and reliable OS, at least coming from Linux/MacOS UNIX. All squandered for ads/AI BS/scammy store apps.