In Forum: Microsoft Operating Systems
By User: WinPC
I would not judge an operating system based on its looks and appearance, though, because to me, that is like comparing apples to oranges. What constitutes an operating system isn't what it looks like, but rather how it actually functions.
At least you otherwise seem to have a constructive comparison of Windows versions, though, in your case, comparing Windows 98 to Windows XP, so you're at least more or less comparing the 9x and NT kernel versions from around the same relative era.
But anyway, I know how it feels to have clung to an old way for so long until finally deciding to switch. I myself was once a die hard XP-user, until I started working with the Windows 8 betas. At around the same time, at our other house, the public access site switched almost entirely to Windows 7 by June 2011 (this was where I did all of my Internet access until early September 2012 when we switched to a home Internet connection for our house there). So in the one place, I was already switching away from Windows XP.
But once I installed Windows 8 Developer Preview in late 2011 (after having gone through Windows Vista, Windows 7, and the earlier Windows 8 builds before), that was when I started to consider moving to Windows 8, and by the end of July, I can safely say that I made the correct decision to get rid of Windows XP (and its slightly older sibling Windows 2000) completely.
Seeing as we have a vast amount of Windows Vista and Windows 7 builds, I had plenty of chances to upgrade, even if what I would have been running would have still been very slightly different than what was sold in stores, and indeed, I did use the latest pre-RTM builds in place of the RTM builds as an alternative to piracy. But sadly, that still didn't convince me to upgrade. It wasn't until I finally installed the first mostly fully-functional build of Windows 8 that I started to seriously reconsider my operating system choice.
As far as I'm concerned, Windows XP should have died much sooner than it actually did. Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 as a whole make up an entire operating system, and in my opinion, that operating system has had its life. Our younger members here likely don't even remember when they were released (some of them weren't even born when they were released, let alone around to see them being developed!), and many people born in the early 2000s today may not have even heard of it. That's how old Windows 2000 and XP really are, and pretty soon, Windows Server 2003 will also join the club of decade-old operating systems. Meaning that that operating system is essentially "vintage" as you pointed out.
By User: WinPC
I would not judge an operating system based on its looks and appearance, though, because to me, that is like comparing apples to oranges. What constitutes an operating system isn't what it looks like, but rather how it actually functions.
At least you otherwise seem to have a constructive comparison of Windows versions, though, in your case, comparing Windows 98 to Windows XP, so you're at least more or less comparing the 9x and NT kernel versions from around the same relative era.
But anyway, I know how it feels to have clung to an old way for so long until finally deciding to switch. I myself was once a die hard XP-user, until I started working with the Windows 8 betas. At around the same time, at our other house, the public access site switched almost entirely to Windows 7 by June 2011 (this was where I did all of my Internet access until early September 2012 when we switched to a home Internet connection for our house there). So in the one place, I was already switching away from Windows XP.
But once I installed Windows 8 Developer Preview in late 2011 (after having gone through Windows Vista, Windows 7, and the earlier Windows 8 builds before), that was when I started to consider moving to Windows 8, and by the end of July, I can safely say that I made the correct decision to get rid of Windows XP (and its slightly older sibling Windows 2000) completely.
Seeing as we have a vast amount of Windows Vista and Windows 7 builds, I had plenty of chances to upgrade, even if what I would have been running would have still been very slightly different than what was sold in stores, and indeed, I did use the latest pre-RTM builds in place of the RTM builds as an alternative to piracy. But sadly, that still didn't convince me to upgrade. It wasn't until I finally installed the first mostly fully-functional build of Windows 8 that I started to seriously reconsider my operating system choice.
As far as I'm concerned, Windows XP should have died much sooner than it actually did. Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 as a whole make up an entire operating system, and in my opinion, that operating system has had its life. Our younger members here likely don't even remember when they were released (some of them weren't even born when they were released, let alone around to see them being developed!), and many people born in the early 2000s today may not have even heard of it. That's how old Windows 2000 and XP really are, and pretty soon, Windows Server 2003 will also join the club of decade-old operating systems. Meaning that that operating system is essentially "vintage" as you pointed out.