Poll: What is your favorite version of Windows

thecaretaker · Oct 17, 2023

kelper said:
I liked 3.1, 95, 98 and Millennium too. But only 10 responses are allowed in a poll.

Not forgetting Windows 98 SE

pparks1 · Oct 17, 2023

I used to like XP, but that was a long time ago. Put me in front of an XP machine today and I'm like "uh, where is everything and how do I do x, y and z. Then along came 7 and I really liked that. Honestly though Windows 10 for me has been the most stable, fastest to install, and easiest to maintain.

kelper · Oct 17, 2023

It's as easy as writing a shopping list, I'm certain you could do it.

Ed Tittel · Oct 17, 2023

I messed around with Windows 1.0 and 2.x versions, and got serious when Windows 3.1 and 3.11 came along (TCP/IP networking -- hooray). Even with all those other versions under my belt, and at least 5+ years' experience with each of them day-in, day-out (less with Vista and Me) I still like Windows 11 the best. It may just be a function of where I put my effort recently as in "Onward, through the fog!"
Best wishes to one and all,
--Ed--

johnlgalt · Oct 17, 2023

glasskuter said:
Thanks. I've read all the posts folks here have written about answer files but didn't know enough about it to ask intelligent question or attempt one. After looking at that article, I'm not too proud either to admit some of it is over my head and is greek to me as I am ignorant about what some of those options are. But I'm geek enough to play around with it and will do just that on my next clean install. But Joe Blow user setting up his new windows 11 computer for the first time takes what MS gives him, just like I did.

A good idea may be to set up a small VM and then you can test options and such and see what happens - without breaking anything that is actually important.

Ed Tittel said:
I messed around with Windows 1.0 and 2.x versions, and got serious when Windows 3.1 and 3.11 came along (TCP/IP networking -- hooray). Even with all those other versions under my belt, and at least 5+ years' experience with each of them day-in, day-out (less with Vista and Me) I still like Windows 11 the best. It may just be a function of where I put my effort recently as in "Onward, through the fog!"
Best wishes to one and all,
--Ed--

Ha! Yeah. I only ever played with 1.0 and 2.0 after the fact. Still have installation 3.5" floppies for Windows 3.1 and 3.11 WfW though.

But I had over 6 years with 10, going back to TP2 in early 2015, and lasting until the first public preview of Win11 in summer 2021, so it took the crown.

antspants said:
All a distant memory now. Unless you’re into running a VM of course

Actually, I ran across this a couple of months ago:

GitHub - felixrieseberg/windows95: 💩🚀 Windows 95 in Electron. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

💩🚀 Windows 95 in Electron. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows. - GitHub - felixrieseberg/windows95: 💩🚀 Windows 95 in Electron. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

github.com

Though, technically, it's still a VM - but also a standalone lol.

kelper · Oct 17, 2023

I had an Apple iBook. The only useful software was one that allowed me to run Windows on it!

Catnip · Oct 17, 2023

Aesthetically, I prefer Windows 7. It just looks better than the new clunky interface.

For the purposes of this poll, I chose Windows 11. It seems to function well enough and I have few issues with it, and unlike Windows 10, which I still use at work, I can actually tell what window is the active one.

Winuser · Oct 17, 2023

kelper said:
I liked 3.1, 95, 98 and Millennium too. But only 10 responses are allowed in a poll.

Windows for Workgroup 3.11 was my first Windows OS. It was on a Hewlett Packard 286 desktop.

Winuser · Oct 17, 2023

I hated Windows Vista so much that I moved to Linux. When the opportunity to be a Windows 7 tester came along I abandoned Linux and have stayed with Windows ever since. I never used Windows ME.

pparks1 · Oct 17, 2023

I liked Windows 3.1 because if you made a copy of C:\windows.....and then somehow broke Windows you could just copy your backup of C:\windows back and it was like nothing ever happened. No registry to deal with and the windows directory was like 10MB in size. So simple in those days.

Ghot · Oct 17, 2023

Ztruker · Oct 17, 2023

I like 10 and 11 but I detest Onedrive.

hsehestedt · Oct 17, 2023

Ztruker said:
I like 10 and 11 but I detest Onedrive.

Amen! I seem to constantly run into unexpected behaviors with OneDrive.

FrancoDT · Oct 17, 2023

Most are always gonna go with the latest and greatest version as it will have the most advancements and newest features. It might take some adaption and getting use to but most eventually come around.

Ghot · Oct 17, 2023

The ONLY reason I stayed with Windows 11, was that I found out how to make the scroll bars a bit wider.

Edwin · Oct 17, 2023

Windows 7 was still my favorite..., poor performer but, it's the OS I had the most fun with and the least amount of problems.
10 is solid.
I like 11 mainly for it's performance, and visual simplicity.

Dru2 · Oct 17, 2023

z3r010 said:
I see this said time and again, yet I remember that up until SP2 (which was really a new version of Windows, not a service pack) XP was an absolute dog that made Win ME look stable, which was supprising as XP was built on top of the fabulous Win 2k.

I'm with you - Loved Win2K (Windows 2000). Also toyed with the server version, but it was a bit too much for me at that time.

antspants · Oct 17, 2023

Ghot said:
The ONLY reason I stayed with Windows 11, was that I found out how to make the scroll bars a bit wider.

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It’s the little things.

Wynona · Oct 17, 2023

antspants said:
That would be a neat trick.

Actually, on current hardware, Windows ME was just fine. No real problems at all, but once I built a new computer with better components, Windows ME took a nose dive and was no longer stable.

Wynona · Oct 17, 2023

Since I've tested every version of Windows since Windows 3.1, each new version was my favorite (except for Windows 8). As I got into each new Windows version, the former version(s) receded further and further into the background.