Computer Geeks Dept.: Upgrading from Dos5 Through Win7

By Saturday March 5, 2011

This should bring back some memories.



29 Comments
  1. Likes2LOL says:
    3/6/2011 at 12:17 pm

    If I only had a nickel for every time I had to reboot…

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  2. Jack Case says:
    3/6/2011 at 12:19 pm

    I’m sorry, far from praising MS for this, they should be condemned. So the state of the art Win 64 2011 OS is still based on (or at least, compatible with) quick-and-dirty OS code from the early 90s? With an OS that even *then* by its very name was considered slipshod? What a triumph. Like my new Ford Volt can also run on oats or barley.

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  3. Rich says:
    3/6/2011 at 12:28 pm

    “EnemyOfTheState said,
    on March 5th, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    Where is Bob?”

    Probably meeting with “twatface” at this very moment. ROFL

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  4. Holdfast says:
    3/6/2011 at 2:56 pm

    #18 JMJahn asked about ME.

    ME is not an operating system. It is a medical condition!

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  5. Grandpa says:
    3/6/2011 at 5:48 pm

    #16 Yes, I am a MORAN. That pretty much sums it up :-)

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  6. Grandpa says:
    3/6/2011 at 8:14 pm

    http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-moran.htm

    duh

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  7. Glenn E. says:
    3/7/2011 at 4:00 am

    I think mostly everyone is missing the point. Windows PCs (as far as I know) are the only ones that require this chain of upgrading, for existing computers to run a new OS. And you weren’t allowed to skip any in between. At least not without a cost penalty. The “upgrade” version always being significantly cheaper than the stand alone, full version of new Windows.

    But does having one or more previously loaded versions of older Windows, actually save Microsoft providing some costly software, that gets you their new version loaded, on a freshly formatted hard drive? Oh please. I don’t believe that for a second. It’s just more of their control issues. Making it most expensive to build your own PC. Second, to upgrade an old one. And third (least costly OS) to buy a brand new PC, with new Windows loaded. Helping all their business partners make more money, to push out new PCs. Making just one version of Windows, that loads without the upgrade trail, proving you’re a loyal Windows user (chump), and not a pirate, or worse, a do-it-yourself PC assembler. Isn’t how Microsoft does business. Even though it would make better sense to do to everyone else.

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  8. Olo Baggins of Bywater says:
    3/7/2011 at 8:20 am

    Glenn, that’s a pretty strong comment for someone that poorly informed.

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  9. JimD says:
    3/7/2011 at 10:28 am

    You mean DOWNGRADING, don’t you ???

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