udon@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWould you rather be stuck in the woods with an updated Windows 11 or a Windows 7?message-squaremessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down125
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minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoDriver issues were mostly the fault of the manufacturers, not Microsoft. But even then, it would be a pretty terrible experience regardless.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThat’s true, although I recall it being a problem with their development toolkit. The drivers were released, but didn’t work as expected.
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoOh well. At least they fixed it. But once they fixed it, nobody cared anymore.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThey lasted one year each before XP was released. Same with Vista’s two year run. Didn’t even have a chance to standardize before being replaced.
Driver issues were mostly the fault of the manufacturers, not Microsoft. But even then, it would be a pretty terrible experience regardless.
That’s true, although I recall it being a problem with their development toolkit. The drivers were released, but didn’t work as expected.
Oh well.
At least they fixed it. But once they fixed it, nobody cared anymore.
They lasted one year each before XP was released. Same with Vista’s two year run. Didn’t even have a chance to standardize before being replaced.