neku wrote on January 8, 2022 at 4:30 AM

i dont even remember windows 7

Dogmantra OP wrote on January 8, 2022 at 1:33 PM

do you remember when the operating system that you paid for and owned did not advertise products to you while you were trying to quietly use your computer? that is the windows 7 experience compared to the windows 10 experience.

neku wrote on January 9, 2022 at 1:28 AM

i see what youre getting at but that has been the case with oem computers for a very long time. the ads are just different now

emma wrote on January 9, 2022 at 2:50 AM

you used to be able to escape the ads and bullshit by installing a retail copy, though. not anymore. in the current version of windows 10, you aren't even allowed to disable sending your start menu searches to bing without manually changing the registry.

Dogmantra OP wrote on January 9, 2022 at 2:47 PM

The first thing I installed was a program that overrides the start menu to make it look and work like windows 7 lol.

twovests wrote on January 8, 2022 at 6:27 AM

it had this really good circle with a windows logo in it

neku wrote on January 8, 2022 at 7:46 AM

now its a rectangle. the future is here.