I saw this video some months ago and was impressed with this experiment. Also, it took me back to my early days with PCs as I ran MS-DOS from as early as 3.3 to 6.0 before using Windows 1.0 in 1985. Then updating to Windows/286 then Windows/386 then Windows 3.0, 3.1 and to Windows 95 in 1995.
And although the video omits it, I ran Windows ME for almost 4 years. Yes, it was an odd experience, but the issues I had weren’t as bad as what others went through.
Windows XP was the last version of Windows I used for my main home computer until I went all Mac [I should note that I've been a Mac user since 1985, but used Windows for my personal computing needs until 2005.]. It was the most stable of Windows OS versions and I rarely had any issues with it, other than the fact that it’s Windows.
I now use Windows 7 at work and run a version of Windows 7 under VMware Fusion on my MacBook Pro to have something Windows to run non-Mac programs.
What was your first version of DOS or Windows that you used? Anyone out there that has never run Windows?
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Win 3.1 was the earliest version of Windows I used. My first PC had Dos 3.3. Before that I was running GEOS on a C64.
This reminds me, I installed OS X as a VM on my PC awhile back, but never did anything with it.
I still have a C64 around, but don’t have a floppy drive for it.
My first computer was a C64. Oh how we sat patiently waiting the 20 or so mins for a game to load. “Press Play On Tape”
I remember when I got my first floppy drive, it was like another world.
Windows 3.1 was decent. And I remember GEOS.
I’ve not done the OSX install in a VM yet, even though I have the VMware Fusion version that can do it. Must remedy that here soon.
I never use DOS specifically. I skipped from IBM OS/2 to Win 3.0 because of my dad’s computers. He was the buyer. I just used what was available.
I also used OS/2 for a few years, mostly for work needs.
The first version of Windows I used was 3.1 (or 3.11 – I think it was ‘windows for workgroups’ or something like that). I’ve been all Mac at home since 2008, and these days all Mac at work as well. The last time I used Windows was in 2010 at my old job – they were still running Windows XP at the time.
Yes, Windows for Workgroups was what it was called. I had a few machines networked together.
I wish I could leave the Windows world behind in my work, too. Would love to be Mac everywhere.