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Re: Retro emulators that aren't compatible with Win 8
04/18/14 08:12 AM
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> I don't like tiles either. I hate how they made Windows 8 look like a smart
> phone/tablet. It's like they dumb downed the OS, oversimplifying it to accommodate
> morons who don't know how to work a computer. I dread having to get Win 8.1, but I
> feel like I have no other choice because I don't want to get an older
> version/technology, Win 7, even though I like Win 7.
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> Does Microsoft plan on sticking with the tile look of Win 8 when they release the
> next version of windows, Win 9 or whatever it will be called? Idk why there hasn't
> been such an outcry, more than there already is, that basically forces Microsoft to
> go back to the Win 7/XP style.
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> You guys mentioned about having to use virtual machines. Idk why Microsoft couldn't
> have all that built into the OS where the user can use any XP and up program. Well,
> that feature rarely worked in XP either, the "Run this program in compatibility mode
> = Windows 95". Anytime I ever tried using that it never worked.
Windows 3.1 + Calmira = Windows 95
Windows 95 + WindowBlinds = Windows 98
Windows 8 + Start8 = Windows 7 (!)
On a side note, in Windows 95/98 (and ME?), one could choose to run Program Manager and bring back the 3.x style desktop. Likewise, Windows 2000 up to 7 I believe had the option to use the Windows 95 theme alongside the Windows 2000 theme.
XP can most certainly be changed to use the Windows 2000 theme (as with Server 2003), and even the Windows 98 theme if you choose Windows Classic below rather than Windows Standard; a few tweaks later and 98 can become 95 - remove the automatically-generated gradients from the title bar and disable ClearType in the font options; Win9x versions all had basic font smoothing with the exception of a virgin 95 install, which needs the desktop update (which came with IE4).
Hopefully Windows 9, or even 8.2 if they are smart enough to think about another update (Windows 8's lifespan has been as short as Windows ME so far), will bring back the Windows UI everyone has known since 1995. It should have been an option from the beginning, start menu included. Removing the start menu from Windows is like going back to 1991.
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