Classic 7 is a Windows 10 LTSC mod to look 1:1 to Windows 7

Post by hulitu » Wed, May 20, 2026, 6:45 AM UTC

qsort wrote: post #35

mk_stjames wrote: post #31

Everyone seems to love the Windows 7 era but for me, Windows peaked GUI-wise with Windows 2000 and everything since then has felt like a poor 'skin' or misplaced 'theme' on top of something else. Windows XP's level of 'plug and play' for devices/drivers ushered in the modern OS feel from a usability standpoint, but from a 'get-shit-done' GUI and responsiveness standpoint Win 2000 (and up to Windows Server 2003 by ext…

Same here, Windows 2000 is peak UI, I never liked the Frutiger Aero aesthetics. My only criticism is that it was, in a sense, too successful and elements like the taskbar and start menu got ossified and the design stagnated. Apple's F3 show all windows, F4 spotlight is far better. Windows didn't even get multiple desktops until Windows 10. I guess I like the design language but I wouldn't be prepared to give back the…

Post by notabotiswear » Thu, May 21, 2026, 3:50 AM UTC

hulitu wrote: post #172

notabotiswear wrote: post #67

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Automatic updates are not bad. Quite the opposite, it’s the lack of automatic patching that is dangerous. Win10/11’s problem isn’t auto updates, it’s the severely reduced user agency in the matter (and the quality of said updates, but that’s another story).

> Automatic updates are not bad No. They are not bad. They are terrible. Forgot to test your SW or a state actor just discovered your backdoor ? Wait till i finish my work. Don't interrupt me, be more careful next time.

Post by pseudalopex » Mon, May 25, 2026, 4:07 AM UTC

hulitu wrote: post #27

bambax wrote: post #18

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It's possible half of my problems are because I don't have admin rights, and the other half is because the machine is too weak. Why do modern OSes need so much power and RAM anyway? I used to produce documents on an Amstrad PPC640. 640 stood for 640k of RAM (no hard disk). It was fine. I understand the above makes me sound like an old fart (or fool), and we have moved on from DOS. But what does Windows 11 do that Win…

> Why do modern OSes need so much power and RAM anyway? Because code writers are lazy and prefer to use 20 levels of abstraction or a 5MB library for a simple function.