Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoMicrosoft to test “new features and more” for aging, stubbornly popular Windows 10arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square238fedilinkarrow-up1527arrow-down16
arrow-up1521arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft to test “new features and more” for aging, stubbornly popular Windows 10arstechnica.comXatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square238fedilink
minus-squareJeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoWell, it’s popular not because of demand but because Win7 is ancient. In the old times there were utilities that copied win2k binaries into a winNT4 install to add features like new directX, I wonder if that is still possible on win7
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·6 months agoI have never understood why people still like 7. I thought it was decent when I last used it, but Win 10 is much better. 7 is fairly ugly and has a lot of missing stuff for 10.
Well, it’s popular not because of demand but because Win7 is ancient. In the old times there were utilities that copied win2k binaries into a winNT4 install to add features like new directX, I wonder if that is still possible on win7
I have never understood why people still like 7.
I thought it was decent when I last used it, but Win 10 is much better.
7 is fairly ugly and has a lot of missing stuff for 10.