hahaha well a lot of stuff for even WinXP runs natively on Win8.1 and this was the revision after the initial backlash (like WinMe which the initial release was trash and needed several registry tweaks and 3rd party QOL applications to function reasonably). 8.1 is mostly fine - far better than Win8 - and some programs released after Win8.1 don't run on Win7 but mostly previous WinNT based programs run on it just fine (though some require configuration tweaks or 3rd party patches).
Basically, 10 was the last usable Windows, 8.1 was the last acceptable and required for some programs but also mostly completely compatible with all WinNT programs, and Win98SE was best for Win9x and real-time mode DOS.
But also all the ALI for modern Linux kinda makes anything prior to Win10 moot since you most likely could run it in Linux with the appropriate system applicatiuons.
WinME coud be used with a LOT of tweaks. I used it for the advanced features it introduced, but setting it up was ridiculous so you needed to have a drive image if you ever wanted to reinstall because screw that process. I ran WinXP well into Vista and even Win7 because by that time I was just using LMDE with a WinXP VM.
That's a funny way to spell Windows 7.
hahaha well a lot of stuff for even WinXP runs natively on Win8.1 and this was the revision after the initial backlash (like WinMe which the initial release was trash and needed several registry tweaks and 3rd party QOL applications to function reasonably). 8.1 is mostly fine - far better than Win8 - and some programs released after Win8.1 don't run on Win7 but mostly previous WinNT based programs run on it just fine (though some require configuration tweaks or 3rd party patches).
Basically, 10 was the last usable Windows, 8.1 was the last acceptable and required for some programs but also mostly completely compatible with all WinNT programs, and Win98SE was best for Win9x and real-time mode DOS.
But also all the ALI for modern Linux kinda makes anything prior to Win10 moot since you most likely could run it in Linux with the appropriate system applicatiuons.
WinMe was the last non-protected-mode Windows. Win2k was built on Windows NT and was rock solid.
WinMe was garbage.
WinME coud be used with a LOT of tweaks. I used it for the advanced features it introduced, but setting it up was ridiculous so you needed to have a drive image if you ever wanted to reinstall because screw that process. I ran WinXP well into Vista and even Win7 because by that time I was just using LMDE with a WinXP VM.