New super-efficient MS Windows!

[Holley]

As Windows XP users will already be aware, they're using Windows version 5.1.  In huge technology leap Microsoft are now shipping an all-new Windows version thats fast, efficient, and fits on 5 double density disks - it's Windows version two-hundred and eighty six!

I've already got my copy, and it positively flies along on a 3GHz Pentium 4 ...



:lol:

[Matt_H]

They misspelled 'Windows' on their own disk label! :lol:

[sir_inferno]

rotflmao  :lol:

although it actually says version 2.1  :-?

[Vincent]

sir_inferno wrote:
although it actually says version 2.1  :-?

Indeed it does, it's version 2.1 of Windows for a 286 machine.

Bet most of the guys here don't remember the 286's :-P

Still, I bet it really does fly along on a 3GHz P4 :lol:

And they said that WinXP was the fastest booting Windows :-P

:lol:

[bloodline]

I found the 8 installation floppies for Windows 3.11 while cleaning out a cupboard at work, I tried installing it on my 3Ghz machine, it crashes shortly after the GUI opens up, the error says something about a problem with the memory.

[CaptainHIT]

Quote:

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Vincent wrote:

Indeed it does, it's version 2.1 of Windows for a 286 machine.

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Ah, good you told, or else i wouldn't notice.  :-P
Hehe, sorry for sarcasm, but i couldn't hold me back.  ;-)

[HopperJF]

good old windows

[adz]

I acually installed Win 3.1 on a Celeron 800, I didn't even see the splash screen, now that was a fast load. Come to think of it, I also installed 98 on a Celeron 450 with a 9GB U160 10K drive and I didn't even see the 98 splash screen.

[that_punk_guy]

This was why I wanted to get an old version of Windows... and how everyone laughed at me. But now it's the cool thing to do! Pfft. :-(

[adolescent]

adz wrote:
Come to think of it, I also installed 98 on a Celeron 450 with a 9GB U160 10K drive and I didn't even see the 98 splash screen.

You must not see (or remember) very well. :-D  I've never seen a machine not show the 98 splash screen (unless configured to do so...) and I've seen it on much faster machines than a 450 Cellery...

[huronking]

Believe it or not, I actually BOUGHT a copy of Win 2.1
to run on an A500/PCTask machine back in '93.

But the disk in the picture says "Presentation Manager"-

Isnt that what they called the gui in OS/2 before (and after) Microsoft left IBM at the altar?

[mikrucio]

Windows sux. All versions

End of Story.


We shant speak of such things around here.

for we all know better.

regards

[iamaboringperson]

I've always wanted to run an old version of MS-DOS a fast PIV machine. (windows 3.11, too)

[adz]

adolescent wrote:

adz wrote:
Come to think of it, I also installed 98 on a Celeron 450 with a 9GB U160 10K drive and I didn't even see the 98 splash screen.

You must not see (or remember) very well. :-D  I've never seen a machine not show the 98 splash screen (unless configured to do so...) and I've seen it on much faster machines than a 450 Cellery...

Well, thats what happened, either that or it only appeared for a nanosecond...cause within about 2 seconds of it saying "Starting Windows 98" the 98 desktop came up...believe it or don't, it matters not to me.

[Tomas]

I recall having windows 1.2 or something on my 8086 amstrad pc... Believe it or not, but it actually booted windows in a matter of seconds even on that hardware.. Paint and wordpad still looked exactly the same back then  :-D