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Originally Posted by sahartech
it seems that there's somewhat of a lack of interest in updating an OS - [This person has been identified as a spammer and is now banned - MODERATOR]
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Up until 2000, when Windows 2000 was introduced, each new Windows version brought large benefits, one way or another. Windows XP was the first version that really didn't bring much new compared to Windows 2000; from then on, it's just been updates of the user interface and existing technology.
OK, there are new things in Vista, 7, 8, and 10, but are they things I would really want or even need to do my daily computing stuff? Not really. As far as operating systems go, Windows 2000 was as close to perfect as possible. Quite small (650 MB installed), had everything an operating system needed, and nothing it didn't.
Current Windows versions need something like 12 GB (not counting hibernation and swap files) when starting out, and they get bigger when updates download and install. They also contain a huge amount of stuff and out-of-the-box applications I'll never use because I have had something better for 25 years already.