I really like the Windows start-up tone jingles. They were hypnotic. Especially Windows 95.
Hmm...in 41 years of computer ownership I've never once needed to call technical support.
Currently my Windows 10 desktop machine is coming up to 10 years old, running fine, no issues. I'm using a 7 year old Win 10 laptop at work and the only issue there is the internal keyboard is knackered so I use an external one - which is fine for work. My Win 11 laptop at home...yeah...I think Win 10 is a bit better to be honest....but then 98SE has probably never been beaten for stability and ease of use unless you count MS-DOS 6.2
the only Apple product I have ever owned is a 1990 Mac Color Classic. Piece of junk it is now. Kept for people to gawk at.
PS...I cannot imagine not having a large internal drive. I regularly back up all my data and indeed have just about everything from 1981 onwards stored on multiple physical drives. I trust "the cloud" about as far as I could throw a PC-junior.
I really like the Windows start-up tone jingles. They were hypnotic. Especially Windows 95.
Oddly enough I still have my first computer....it's over 41 years old and still going strong.
Windows 95 had a feature that would keep your saved files from getting to deep. It would regularly crash and wipe out all your files on the disk.
Sirius, you're a lot older than I'd imagined! Me too. Win 95 was simply not fast enough to handle then-modern applications which explained Win 98 which again wasn't enough for then-modern applications...7 was great, everybody thought it was the ultimate...but then came cloud storage and even more modern applications, explaining current 11/12.
Me, I love MS. I started with a fabulous Tandy laptop (6 AA batteries and an almost word-processing app), but that had to go because it took up desk space when I got my first fuzzy-wuzzy-cute TV set Apple, which had to go because it was a slug with internal and external files. I currently manage about 6 Terrabytes of my own photos and their processing, which seems like as much as I'll ever need
[...] the "delete" button or the waste basket.
[Drum roll] Which is? ... Please be fast because I am turning blue from holding my breath!
Sirius, you're a lot older than I'd imagined! Me too. Win 95 was simply not fast enough to handle then-modern applications which explained Win 98 which again wasn't enough for then-modern applications...7 was great, everybody thought it was the ultimate...but then came cloud storage and even more modern applications, explaining current 11/12.
Drum storage, tape drives, etc. Now that's old.
You forgot punch cards and the hassle of dragging boxes of those to the computer lab at the university late at night to get access to a punch card machine to complete an assignment
Sirius, you're a lot older than I'd imagined! Me too. Win 95 was simply not fast enough to handle then-modern applications which explained Win 98 which again wasn't enough for then-modern applications...7 was great, everybody thought it was the ultimate...but then came cloud storage and even more modern applications, explaining current 11/12.
Me, I love MS. I started with a fabulous Tandy laptop (6 AA batteries and an almost word-processing app), but that had to go because it took up desk space when I got my first fuzzy-wuzzy-cute TV set Apple, which had to go because it was a slug with internal and external files. I currently manage about 6 Terrabytes of my own photos and their processing, which seems like as much as I'll ever need
Win 95 is about the point where I lost all faith in Microsoft, and started using Linux 100%
Old? I maintained for Univac Division of Sperry Rand corporation in the late 1960s their Univac 494 third generation computers, octal machines with 30 bit words. Discrete components pre-dating integrated circuits, bistable core memory, etc. Drum storage, tape drives, etc. Now that's old.
How is that relevant? Linux isn't used by many photographers OR businesses. It's seeems to be a hobby all to itself, or a religion.
Let me know if you need parts
Bill, The Univacs I worked on had no tubes only discrete components.
Which is the best machine? If you have read this far you know it is Mac whether or not you like that answer is up to you.
I have used Windows on desktop computers since 1995 and the first OS that looks really Ok for me is Windows 10, even XP was a big step foward but still buggy and including severe vulnerabilities.
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