The Evolution of Microsoft Windows: Found On Facebook.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[Drale]

1. Left out Windows ME

which was a bigger disaster than Vista

[NutmegYankee]

2. That house burned down and couldn't be shown. nt

[awoke_in_2003]

42. DUzy. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Oops! Somebody was asleep at the switch! I'd forgotten it as well...n/t

[lpbk2713]

5. Microshaft's biggest embarrassment ever.

And there have been a few.

[burnodo]

4. If they could just tweak Win 3.11

I'd be set!

[X_Digger]

14. How about this?

[Galileo126]

6. Windows NT?

"Neanderthal Technology" - should be a cave for its picture... heh!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Nope...can't agree there!

My husband uses Macs, and I've tried them......no go!

But that's why we have choices!

Welcome to DU, Galileo126!

[awoke_in_2003]

43. I've used Macs since 2002...

and will never go back to Windows. I have enough grief at work . And I love my iPad. However, I just bought my first smart phone, a Samsung Galaxy S4- it kicks iPhone butt.

[jmowreader]

36. No, more like a bank vault

Strong tech, and completely inaccessible to anyone except those who absolutely had to be in there.

[olddots]

7. all windows seem to break

Windows 8 has been a real slice of poo pie .

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. I really wanted to avoid Win 8, so I bought my Win 7 laptop online...

I'm very happy with it!

[tridim]

12. It's really nice, and MUCH faster than 7.

I really think the people complaining about it have never used it. It's the only explanation.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. I find that my 7 is very fast...

And I didn't want to have a touchscreen...

So that's why I went with Win 7.

It's all about knowing what you want, and knowing how to get it!

[Xithras]

15. Windows 8 is great with a touchscreen. Terrible without it.

I despised Win8 until I got to use it on a touchscreen device. Now I simply despise it on non-touchscreen devices.

Win8 is easily the best OS available for touch devices right now, and makes iOS and Android look like playtoys in comparison. It's easy to use, lightning fast, and the navigational changes are easy to understand and make total sense when you're using a finger. The problem is that 99.8% of computer users are trying to use Win8 with a mouse, and the idea of using the touch gestures with a mouse was idiotic. It's hard to master and makes little sense. It's unbelievable that manufacturers are STILL selling it for mouse driven computers, knowing how unuseable it is.

[tridim]

16. I'm in the desktop 99.9% of the time. Metro is irrelevant.

The desktop functions exactly the same as 7, only faster and better.

[Egalitarian Thug]

20. The manufacturers really have no choice. n/t

[Aerows]

23. I have a laptop with Windows 8 on it

I hate Windows 8. I had to get classic shell just to make it bearable (it adds a start button). I personally think 8 is the worst MS OS ever.

[SteveG]

27. It's good so long as

you change to an alternative shell, like Classic Shell. I tried using it out of the box, what a time waster.

[eridani]

31. My desktop screen is three feet away from me

Why the FUCK would I want to get repetitive strain injury reaching out and touching it all the time?

[Jenoch]

41. I think Windows 7 and Windows 8 are the same platform

with the only difference being the icons.

From strictly a user's standpoint, I liked XP better than Windows 7.

I also prefer Mac OS to any Windows system however.

[tblue37]

19. The desire to avoid Win8 when I got a new desktop last winter is what finally motivated me

me to switch to an Apple desktop. I got a refurbished iMac desktop for just slightly over $1100. I love it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. I'm glad you got what you wanted! I did too...

My husband uses Macs, and I've tried them. Can't get used to them at all...

Different strokes and all that!

[tblue37]

22. I HATE having to learn a new OS, so when I heard that Win8

was likely to involve a significant learning curve, I decided I might as well go ahead with the Mac, since avoiding having to learn a different way of doing familiar tasks was what was keeping me away from Apple.

Also, both of my kids and their spouses use Apple, and it is very convenient to use Apple's Facetime to make video calls between Apple computers and iPhones. I don't (and won't) have an iPhone, but they both do, as well as having MacPro laptops.

[bunnies]

10. Wish I had the house that matches my OS.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Would that be Win 8? It is a cool house!

Whichever one it is, I wish you had it too...

[Xithras]

17. There's a house for every OS!

Linux:


OSX:


MS-DOS:

[bunnies]

18. !!!

[Aerows]

25. The MS-DOS one made me LOL

That was hilarious

[leftstreet]

24. LOL

DURec

[Atman]

26. But, Dear God, how that Apple IOS sux!

You people are funny.

[Scuba]

28. Don't forget DOS ...

[lastlib]

29. Microsoft Bob:

(I tend to think of Windows 8 more like this:

?itok=9Tf-jSAB

)

[steve2470]

30. lol that's great Peggy ty nt

[DavidDvorkin]

32. That's great! Do you have

a link to the Facebook page where that appeared? I'd like to share it on Facebook.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. Thanks! I'll check...BRB.

This should work:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151794784724736&set=a.39100899735.45129.506319735&type=1&theater

[DavidDvorkin]

34. Looks like I don't have permission

Perhaps it's limited to friends of the page owner. Thanks.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. I'm sorry. Wish I could isolate it. Maybe if I posted it on my wall...

I don't know if you and I are friends though!

[DavidDvorkin]

38. That can be taken care of

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. I'll PM you my real name!

And a description of my profile pic...

Or I can look for you. Do you post under David Dvorkin?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. Here's the link to my Photobucket. Will that work?

[DavidDvorkin]

39. Apparently not

When I tried to paste the link to that image onto my FB page, I got this message:

The privacy settings for this attachment prevent you from posting it to this Timeline.


I've seen that before, when I've tried to paste a link to an image. With cartoons, I usually have to find the page the cartoon is on and paste the link to that page.

[MisterP]

44. thought it would be...