>an elegant, professional interface that makes finding what you need fast and intuitive
>a powerful suite of administrative and productivity tools that focus on security so you can focus on work
>usability, compatibility, interoperability; there are no barriers between you and your goal
welcome to XP country
It felt good 10 years ago
>No search box in the Start menu. No snapping windows to screen sides/corners. No new security updates.
It's shit.
>>53104306
sigh :(
>>53104334
with its incredibly low memory usage it feels good now, flawlessly serving me for all of my web browsing, spreadsheet making, and filing >>53104510
come home to XP to be freed from the bloat
>>53104306
>an elegant, professional interface
>>53104732
How old is this photo because that isnt accurate
>>53104306
did you mean to say 2000?
XP is a teletubbyfied pander-fest that introduced a ton of garbage that broke consistency and made everything look like shit to please teenagers and soccer moms
>>53104790
I believe its from mid, 2015. but XP's share has hardly fallen.
>>53104732
It's no faster or less bloated than Ubuntu.
>>53105032
this is a windows thread
>>53104306
Deprecated garbage.
Nobody remembers when it first came out? Nobody?
>>53105140
*Designated thread
Enjoy your abandonware that literally has no security patches
>>53104732
>implying low memory usage is a good thing
>>53105476
it's a good thing for toasters
Windows and Microsoft products in general make me sick, they're pig disgusting designed, obviously designed by programmers and not artists. Graphic artists should be in charge of design and programmers should figure out how the fuck to make it work in the back end. This is why Apple has been successful, design first, make the programmers sweat it out trying to figure out how to make the artists' vision functional after. People shit on Steve Jobs for not being a programmer, but that's what made him good for Apple. He didn't give a fuck what was possible, Jony Ive's designs come first, let the programmers figure it out after.
Sick Troll
I recieved an old prebuilt with XP. What can I do to remove any viruses and shit? Would malware bytes work good? Also, would a clean install be any good?
>>53105703
Wipe it, and I'd recommend installing windows XP sp 1
>>53104306
>XP
>elegant, professional interface
It looked like a fucking kid's toy with the default theme.
You want professional and elegant?
Look no further than Windows 2000 (and later 7).
>>53105742
OK, after I wipe would malwarebytes be good?
And why SP1?
>>53105786
I came to XP thinking it would be just another desktop environment, I didn't know that I would be finding a home.
>>53105950
Get Google Chrome lol, IE is terrible man.
>>53105945
Why not? It just means its up to date security-wise.
>>53105945
SP 1 for an authentic experience. I don't use anti virus software.
>>53105032
Ubuntu 15.10 is more bloated than Windows 10. I wanted it to not be the case, but it is so.
What about ReactOS?
>>53106010
Trash chasing a moving target, and it's already 15 years and 3 OSes behind
>>53106010
how does hydrocodone sound to a heroin addict?
not good enough
>>53104306
True, if Microsoft would have made XP open source it would now be the top used OS.
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/pentagon-plans-huge-swift-upgrade-to-windows-10/
>>53105985
>>53105991
Cool. Why not though? Isnt it prone to Viruses now?
The Windows XP was the last OS with consistent GUI (more so if classic theme was used).
After XP, Windows lost the only thing that distinguished it from other operating systems.
>>53106214
Of course it is. It hasn't had any security updates in years.
>>53105993
I'm on LTS. Upgrade every 2 years is pretty much perfect unless you get your jollies off fucking around with your OS (as opposed to using your computer for something useful).
Win2k was my favorite Windows version. Classic UI, rock solid, less bloat than Windows 8 or 10.
I hate this Windows 10 shit. If I want to change settings I have to go into this half ass Settings "app". Half the shit you need to change isn't even in Settings, and you need to search for the fucking Control Panel. I want the classic Control Panel back, and I want all my settings there.
>>53105950
>>53106094
So comfy.
>>53106147
True. We should start a petition.
>>53104763
>muh screen-wasting cumbersome icon ribbons
>muh tablet on PC touchscreen buttons
>muh "just fuck it I give up" playskool flat color graphic design interfaces
People got shit right the first time.
If it's not broken, don't fix it.
>>53106491
ReactOS just released version 4, and it's Win2K as fuck.
>>53106491
Right-clicking on the Windows logo brings up most of what you'd usually need to change, including the control panel.
>>53106696
How is ReactOS? It looks interesting but I'm still not sold on it yet.
>>53104306
all that + muh freedoms
Welcome to RedHat country
>>53105597
Oh shut up faggit no one gives a fuck
>>53106771
Still too buggy to be usable, but it's heading in the right direction.
>>53106646
> menu bar
truly something useful on a mon touch device +++
> windows 8 and up
Wanting to have an UI you can use on desktops, laptops and phones. The stupidest idea ever, because there can't be optimization if it all looks the same, in any environment.
>>53104803
you can use classic theme
(only good windows version that has classsic theme support)
>>53106771
Give it another one hundred years and it should be in beta.
>>53106821
>Wanting to have an UI you can use on desktops, laptops and phones. The stupidest idea ever, because there can't be optimization if it all looks the same, in any environment.
Yes, it was Microsoft's attempt to copy and beat to market what Canonical was doing with Ubuntu running on mobile (which could be used as a desktop OS when attached to a dock).
Trouble with Microsoft is they always, ALWAYS fuck it up without question.
>>53105950
>>53106857
Classic on XP looks like shit since it still retains the teletubby icon set and bundled applications
>>53106732
Retards don't know that.
>>53106399
Is it even worth it then? Nobody wants a worm on there PC
>>53104306
All those things + a beautiful UI + a Unix like system underneath + compatible with multiple CPU architectures.
>>53104306
Vista did all of this better, especially with the new control panel. XP's control panel is unusable.
An elegant GUI for a more civilized age.
>>53109833
Vista´s explorer was god tier
8 and 10 have some useful shit like folder and iso mounting, but the search and tagging interface in Vista was perfect.
>>53109833
Windows XP is the superior Microsoft OS. It's fast (running decent on 128MB of RAM, and runs wonderfully on 512MB), and it's very user friendly. Vista is a resource hog (anyone remember Windows 95? Yeah...), needing at least 1GB of RAM to run smoothly. 512MB runs fine, but does run as a slow XP would, and that's terrible.
>>53110266
yeah, I made a vm with 256 of ram to do all my shit on XP.
works flawlessly, sure, my i5 helps with the stability, but still not even my phone boots with 256 of ram, let alone do html5 browsing, youtube, office and drawing like I can on
also, the royale noir theme is god tier.
>>53106491
A couple of things that bug me about 2000:
- Forced Windows Media Player integration in Explorer. It automatically loads itself if you highlight any media files. XP fortunately dropped the feature.
- System tray icons support up to 256 colors. Your icons are going to look like shit.
>>53105441
What do you expect when you ask an audience full of virgin 21 year old or younger? Excluding me of course, i've been using windows since windows 95 and i've had a satisfying amount of pussy so far.
>>53105441
I do, and it was shit untill SP1.
It was too resource hungry for most computers at launch time. 128 MB of RAM barely sufficed to boot XP, while the same amount worked great for 98 or 2k.
>>53105140
Every thread is a Linux thread new friend
Anyone Ever Try Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs, I Love It.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Fundamentals_for_Legacy_PCs
#XP2019
i dual boot mint and winxp, does anything i need to do
>>53110792
If I recall, there wasn't actually anything less resource-intensive about it. I believe MS simply removed features like games and accessories, but kept all the bloated and largely unnecessary services intact.
>>53110853
The main thing is that you can control what windows components are installed, For example i do not install IE or windows messenger.
Only requires ~850MB of space.
>>53110792
Have you tried Windows Thin PC? That is what I moved all my Win FLP machines to, even though they still get patches because they're on the Embedded kernel.
>>53111200
Don't have keys for it.
>>53104306
I really wish I could have Windows XP back. I don't want to use it since virusland and modern software isn't well supported. I guess I could write a bunch of software for Gnome to make it XP.
