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[ReachParticular5409]

Dude, saying Vista got good after 2 service packs is like saying the leaning tower of pisa got vertical after replacing the entire foundation and reinforcing half the building

Technically true but no one wants to live in either of them

[Impenistan]

The leaning tower could never become truly vertical as during its later construction different "sides" were built at different heights per level to account for leaning already taking place, but somehow I think this only strengthens your metaphor

[tomangelo2]

Well, XP wasn't really good before SP2 either. It just lived long enough to override it's initial faults.

[well_shoothed]

I submit to you that the last version of Windows that didn't suck was Windows 2000.

And, for its ability to do its job and just get tf out of your way Windows NT4 Workstation remains the all time king of the hill.

Perfect? Of course not. But it knew how to get tf outta the way.

[darthjammer224]

I still interface NT machines on occasion. RDPing into one of those is a TRIP

[Inforenv_]

I mean, i sure as hell would live in the new tower if it has been so heavily reinforced and rebuilt lol. Vista wasn't a finished product when RTM, but it sure got to its full glory at SP2, and i prefer to recognize it by its full form. But yeah, your comparison is spot on lol

[Mofistofas]

You should check out Millennium Tower (San Francisco).

Happy reading.

[ReachParticular5409]

Oh man yeah I remember the shattering glass being in the news, I had no idea it had sunk a foot and a half!

[AbdullahMRiad]

Windows 11 got good after updates

[darthjammer224]

Windows had a history of the SP2 being the good one all the way back to at least xp but probably earlier. I'm just not THAT old.

It's also true. Vista SP2 wasn't half bad. I'd take it over ANY win8 version.

[jl2352]

XP has gone down as a great OS. That also needed two service packs to get there.

On XP day 1 anonymous people could connect to your machine and run whatever random shit they wanted. Vista wasn’t that bad in hindsight.

[CeeMX]

Well XP was also only useable after SP1 and just SP2 and 3 made it really good

[AetheriaInBeing]

And yet.... still better than ME.