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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Windows 11 may be the king of operating systems

In what world? I've just started using it at work, and I swear the other day it tried to sell me an XBox controller. Not like I was on the Web and an ad popped up, no. It was part of the operating system!

Can you imagine going back in time 10 years and telling somebody "In the future, Microsoft is going to put pop-up ads in Windows." People would think you were crazy!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

10 years ago was 2013. Microsoft already had ads baked into Windows in 2013.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I recall a time when Windows 10 was going to be the last release of windows. It's was just going to be updated forever. I'm glad that they have returned to the usual every second or so release is going to be a unfinished half baked turd until we can really get things right in the following release.

RIP Bob, ME, Vista, 8/8.1, and hopefully sooner than later 11...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, schnaps! I remember that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What’s the catch?

Among others things, it’s a f*cking Compaq.