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Old 03-22-2019, 07:01 PM
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Watch this video
https://videos.komando.com/watch/348...ent=2019-03-22
Old 03-22-2019, 08:05 PM
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Fun.

But you know what's NOT fun? Microsoft sunsetting WindowsXP, arguably the best, most stable OS they ever produced. At least until Windows 10.
Old 03-22-2019, 09:14 PM
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Sorry Matt, did not watch. Why the hell would I want to go out of my way to feel old? No matter my young age.
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Windows 95 was pretty advanced when it was introduced, let them at TRS-80 Basic or CPM or DOS 1.0 or COBOL or Unix without the graphic interface. But if all you've known is a pretty interface and WiFi, you have no idea what went before.
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Originally Posted by tof
Fun.

But you know what's NOT fun? Microsoft sunsetting WindowsXP, arguably the best, most stable OS they ever produced.
That is when I flushed Windows from my world and have never looked back!
Old 03-23-2019, 04:47 AM
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Originally Posted by tof
Fun.

But you know what's NOT fun? Microsoft sunsetting WindowsXP, arguably the best, most stable OS they ever produced. At least until Windows 10.
not to mention that swiss cheese was more secure.
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I thought DOS 5.5 was a great opsys for it's day. I've liked most of the Window's that came after 3.1 except for ME, Vista & 8.0. I really like Win10. When I was cleaning out my office I found my old DOS 5.5 and Windows 95 disks. I was thinking of framing them and putting them on the wall. I thought the worst opsys was CPM.

Anybody remember QuattraPro or Microsoft MultiPlan?
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Originally Posted by ralper
Anybody remember QuattraPro or Microsoft MultiPlan?
Yep, and what about Wang word processors?
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I mostly remember reading dumps at work to debug problems (not of the digestive variety). And yeah, I really liked XP and was very unhappy when it finally died. I have gotten used to later Windows software. Don't really have a big issue with Windows 10.


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