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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
It is astonishing how much things have changed.
Old timers like myself remember the excitement of the Windows 95 release. I ate a restaurant that was next door to a computer store. There was a line of people waiting on a chance to buy Win 95. Most were on floppy discs!
Now we can if we want download a new OS and everyone hates the process. Not even the Apple lovers want to experience the pain of upgrading a computer to the new Apple OS.
The push seems to be throw out your old computer and just buy a new unit with the OS installed.
I will hold off on Win 10 as long as possible.
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Although I'm a youngin, I've played extensively with windows 95, currently run windows 7 and OSX. Reformatting with a fresh install of 7 is a breeze. When I purchased my mac I went straight to an SSD, I recall pressing a few keys to enter recovery mode and it installed the OS. Both were a really easy process
New apple OS install procedure:
1) Wait till a little notification pops up on the screen and says NEW OS TO INSTALL!
2) Click "upgrade"
Pretty easy to me :S:S
Maybe 10 will change things but it has been getting much, much easier since 95. I hated finding a driver for absolutely everything! Plug n play was practically non-existent. Good luck finding your driver online in the 95 era.
Computers are not as complicated as people think, and those that think they were better in the past just haven't educated themselves.
HOWEVER, what Wayne just experienced is a complete fail, right up there with the BSOD at a Microsoft keynote.