Windows is 40 years old

[maflynn]

Check what Chris Titus says, and look at what others are saying

I have, I've recommended him here from time to time

 

[imacker2011]

You may also use Tiny11 and Rufus to get rid of the bloat and get a stripped down ISO, especially if you plan to install Win11 on older hardware. After a decade of solely using MacOS, I utilized it to set up a maxed out iMac 2011 21,5" for my son. Using the tool, the experience was actually quite similar to what I remembered from XP times (booting into a clean 800x600 desktop, local account only, etc...).

 

[chmania]

what I remembered from XP times

Oh, those were nice times, breaking into the registry and playing with recreating XP...

 

[maflynn]

into the registry

I still need to use regedit, not for home stuff, but work. I just did this a few weeks ago, changing/deleting some regedit entries. that will never go away

 

[chmania]

I still need to use regedit, not for home stuff, but work. I just did this a few weeks ago, changing/deleting some regedit entries. that will never go away

That's the fun of using Windows. I wish I had that with macOS.

 

[maflynn]

That's the fun of using Windows. I wish I had that with macOS.

Not so much fun, when Oracle's PUM install fails to uninstall and I had to go into the registry and remove/change the entries so a reinstall would work.

I'm glad apple doesn't use a registry that I need to go in and fix things. I much prefer dragging/dropping (though some apps require an install)

 

[diamond.g]

Not so much fun, when Oracle's PUM install fails to uninstall and I had to go into the registry and remove/change the entries so a reinstall would work.

I'm glad apple doesn't use a registry that I need to go in and fix things. I much prefer dragging/dropping (though some apps require an install)

I am ambivalent about plist files.