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This 1000x - Aureal and their A3D tech was amazing. I remember ages ago when it was new, my brother and I were shoveling snow for people to get pocket money to upgrade our PC. We s…

The closest I know of is Blue95. I have only run the live environment but it worked pretty well and was impressive. "Blue95 is a modern and lightweight desktop experience that is r…

Honestly I turned the touchpad off within a few minutes of getting my Apple TV When I got my second I decided to try again and that lasted all of five minutes. I love my Apple TV o…

You're not remotely alone here and it's sad how rare this sentiment is. I completely agree with you. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills because if you apply this situation to prett…

I think they're right about the interface itself, and agree with you wholeheartedly about the technical problems of the time. NT was a massive leap forward and it amazes me how lon…

I really miss the UI/UX of the 90s and I sincerely think that while nostalgia plays a part, they have real merit. We don't really think about what we've lost in the quest for "attr…

PCem is far, far better for Win95 emulation - it can handle a P2 233 and a Voodoo3 fairly accurately - and tons and tons of hardware on top of that. It’s amazing. I keep a 95 / 98 …

Yeah it's happening. Microsoft is integrating it into their SIEM / Defender (and, well, absolutely everything else)

I feel like as tech focused as HN is, a lot of people are missing how massive MS’s non financial investment in GPT is. They just ended Ignite, their huge IT conference - and have r…

I am sorry you are correct and I was mistaken.

Edit: I was wrong. Volume License and some OEM didn't need activation, but any "retail" versions - Home/Pro in a box for instance - did require activation.

Edit: I was confidently incorrect. It was some OEM/volume license versions that did not require activation. Only XP Home required this. XP Pro did not need online activation. That'…

As a KDE Plasma user on a rolling release bistro, I am happy I switched to AMD! And yes, I realize how much of a niche I inhabit.

I can: Star Trek DS9 (DVD rips). I actually had forgotten the Shield was supposed to be doing AI upscaling since a lot of what I watched for a while was current. I was midway throu…