Why is there a constant tweaking and improving a platform when it works just fine for most users ? (gimmee back my Win98SE)
I think I asked this question about five or six years ago and was told that there were features in newer OS that SOME people preferred or needed.
How many of those people actually exist outside of us politically engaged / gaming junkies that surf FR, play a few addicting games ALL THE FRIKKIN' TIME, and poke around whatever just interests us because it is the information highway ?
I know NO one that needs or wants a series XL niacin enhanced, bootable dogtray with IO AI and LMNOP attributes.
But some genius in Microsoft certainly thinks every one needs it and will pull our perfectly good OS to flood the market with useless (to us) crap.
Rose colored glasses for sure, but with tweaking and freeware it was much better. But no match for even XP, though if all you want to do is basics like word processing and open a (very few) web page, then it still work, if you had the drivers. I think I have a bunch of freeware for it. .
How many of those people actually exist outside of us politically engaged / gaming junkies that surf FR, play a few addicting games ALL THE FRIKKIN' TIME, and poke around whatever just interests us because it is the information highway ?
With multiple Firefox/Gecko browsers (such as one for mostly forums and research, another for shopping research, another for financial transactions, and over 300 tabs open, plus multiple documents, Bible programs, email client, etc. all running concurrently, then W/9x or any 32bit OS will do. Thank God for such tools and the means to have and use them. May it all be to His glory.
But some genius in Microsoft certainly thinks every one needs it and will pull our perfectly good OS to flood the market with useless (to us) crap.
Actually despite the bloat that needs to be removed after an install, the newer the OS then the safer it tends to be.