[Wuli]

That is a great graphic presentation of the PC desktop operating systems history. Thanks.

[Alas Babylon!]

I started with GCOS and WMMCCS back in 1976. Then onto Cyber 265 in 1979, IBM OS/360 in 1982 and DEC PDP Ultrix & RXS Macro in 1984.

[Wuli]

Try pucking on OS and watch the market share % change over time.

It was interesting watching how long it took the Mac OS systems to move above the 5% or less of market share. Yet even today it is only about 15%.

[RainMan]

CP/M was significantly better than DOS. If Gary Kildall had not been such a dick and signed the non-compete with IBM, Gates would have faded into the dustbin of history and nobody ever would have heard of “Microsoft”.

[linMcHlp]

About 6 years ago, I went into a FedEx/Kinko’s store, and just inside the door, there was Steve Wozniak on his mobile phone. He was talking about Apple IIc progamming.

Sounded like somebody was working up a new OS for the computer.

[markman46]

WOW

let me see
c64, c128 with cpm,pc’s with msdos, win3.0,3.1, w95,w98,winXP,vista still have it on a laptop, win7 and win10
OS/2 and its incarnations on a laptop and a desktop, PCLinxOS on a laptop 32 bit and a desktop 64bit.

[Fresh Wind]

I have desktop computers running Win 98, XP, Win 7, and Win 11, also laptops running Win 98 and XP.

I need 98 to run some late 90s software which won’t run on anything after XP. Some XP systems will run it, most will not.

Win 7 is my favorite for most things, and XP is a close second.

[daniel1212]

With customization enabled by tweaking software (see below) and regedits, Windows 11 is the best overall I have used (W/3.1. 9x, 7XP, 7, 8, 8,1. 10), but not the best in all ways. XP had the best color customization, while I think even 9x was the fastest in opening up a folder even from a HD. Thank God for them all.

Composite

And thank God for freeshare as LibreOffice, to be used for what is good in the sight of God (may it only be by me and all), like,

I am the type of person who wants compact yet expansive menus and quick access and having the ability to quickly customize certain aspects of the OS, from enabling quick access to programs and places and improve layout without needing to learn much coding (though I have edited the Windows registry a few times, and I have been the sole user), nor often run a terminal to accomplish such. herefore I like the the over 200 tweaks available in Ultimate Windows Tweaker 5 (quicker download here from Major Geeks) for Windows 11 from the Windows club (Windows 10 users should use Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4.8).

Add to this Right-Click Extender (add items to many right click menus),

Also, there are the many Winaero features of the Winaero Tweaker (but best to leave those dealing with color alone).

Plus Open Shell (click on Releases>Latest on middle right side) to replace the Windows 11 start menu (though in W/11 22H2 right clicking for properties in the start menu stopped working for me), and Explorer Patcher (look for Releases on the right here) that restores the Windows 11 taskbar to be exactly like Windows 10, and with it I use the Windows 7+ Taskbar Tweaker which provides more customization.

Resulting in these expansive quickly accessible layouts (composite image of desktop view in Windows 11: Start and Right-Click menus, default Device manager; task bar via Explorer Patcher.

[Poser]

Windows XP, 7, 10 and 11 have been very good. Mac iPad OSs are also quite good. Linux is much better than it used to be.