You can just buy parts and build a PC and install whatever OS you want on it. It's not hard to put one together and you can easily pirate whatever OS you want to run if you don't own a key already.
This is true, but it's getting increasingly hard to run Windows 7.
I actually run a couple of Windows 2000 VMs for some legacy software at my office. No Internet, so it's not a big deal.
But for Windows 7, browsers are out of date, encryption is out of date, and many/most programs will no longer install. Quickbooks was the one that forced me to upgrade, ugh.
When was Microsoft great?
Windows 2000 and Windows 7 were both pretty great.
I agree. I miss those days. Is it possible to get PCs made using Legacy OSs? I would pay for one.
You can just buy parts and build a PC and install whatever OS you want on it. It's not hard to put one together and you can easily pirate whatever OS you want to run if you don't own a key already.
This is true, but it's getting increasingly hard to run Windows 7.
I actually run a couple of Windows 2000 VMs for some legacy software at my office. No Internet, so it's not a big deal.
But for Windows 7, browsers are out of date, encryption is out of date, and many/most programs will no longer install. Quickbooks was the one that forced me to upgrade, ugh.
Those were my 2 favorite Windows version (actually XP was good too, after a bumpy launch), but were they "great"?
I've never been a rabid Microsoft hater, but MS has basically never done anything spectacular.
I would also add that the 360 era was the best era for online console gaming.
MS Game Studios was fine during the first two consoles.
Halo and Age of Empires? Agree, both good, but they were pretty much just acquisitions, yeah?
Bungie was a great company. Myth was awesome. I think I was one of 17 people who loved Oni. Halo, 'nuff said.
Original Halo trilogy (+ODST) was awesome.
Original Gears of War trilogy was also awesome.
Even games like Outwars was pretty cool at the time.
Microsoft had a small window where they published some noteworthy stuff in the gaming industry before they went full globohomo.
There's dozens of us! Dozens!
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