Still not a fan of the Windows XP bubble-gum theme and overcrowded start menu, but definitely a move in the right direction (back towards the peak Windows version Win2k).
Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS
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#13> There is no Cortana, no AI Co-Pilot, or an extreme amount of unwanted, pre-installed software.
Ok XP came with tons of crap and bloatware from most manufacturers of the time, let's not rewrite history here! Of course, you could just do a fresh install or actually delete the programs you didn't want, looking at you Edge....
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#15I don't know, this feels like the worst parts of Windows XP (Fisher Price UI), with an annoying setup workflow, and a Microsoft account tie in... not exactly what I'd like to have today
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#16Ya know, I've never had a Linux box that had any of the problems listed about modern windows. Also all the advantages listed about Windows XP are also present in Linux... But I've never paid Microsoft for an OS that showed me ads against my will in my Start Menu, so maybe I just don't know what I'm missing.
Good quality Nvidia drivers and support for games, mostly.
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#17It feels even clunkier now in this video than it did when it came out.
That video somehow mashes together Windows Vista and XP design elements which makes it look a bit odd.
Re: Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS
#18Ya know, I've never had a Linux box that had any of the problems listed about modern windows. Also all the advantages listed about Windows XP are also present in Linux... But I've never paid Microsoft for an OS that showed me ads against my will in my Start Menu, so maybe I just don't know what I'm missing.
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#19Ya know, I've never had a Linux box that had any of the problems listed about modern windows. Also all the advantages listed about Windows XP are also present in Linux... But I've never paid Microsoft for an OS that showed me ads against my will in my Start Menu, so maybe I just don't know what I'm missing.
> "all the advantages listed about Windows XP are also present in Linux"
You mean, are present in Linux TODAY.
Installing Linux 22-years ago, when XP shipped, was hugely painful and only the most technical would attempt it.
Windows XP marked the begin of an era when corporations replaced analog processes with digital.
It sounds so foreign now, but in the late 90s - it was still common for corporations to send printed memo to employees as the predominate form of internal communication.
So there's a lot of nostalgia for XP, because it was the first OS used by the masses.
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#20I'd settle for one well-thought-out UI concept, built from the ground up, targeting specific device categories, and running on a modern, legacy-free foundation. That would not be suitable for every user or use case and shouldn't replace a more legacy-oriented Windows, in my opinion, but it'd serve a large contingent of users and OEMs designing target devices better than what feels like a hodgepodge of hardware support and UI philosophies, accumulated over multiple decades. Unfortunately, while modern-day MSFT does extremely well financially[0] with their current strategy, their ability to execute such a major OS project from the ground-up and stick with it to the finish line is doubtful given historical examples[1]. Given that they are doing so well financially, it's fair if they feel that such investments aren't worth their efforts, though I view it as potentially shortsighted, considering the value of continued ownership of a large percentage of the platform market. Even if they become a transformer-model-focused company on top of being business over end-user focused, having future business users familiar with your system and retaining some control over the software that your transformer-model implementations run on is sensible.
If one wants what is described in the article and shown in the attached video, there are solutions out there to get very close to that UI. Combine that with LTSC and I feel that would scratch that particular itch quite well.
[0] https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-is-gettin...
[1] https://www.windowscentral.com/surface-duo-andromeda-windows...