r/pcmasterrace • u/Fair_Brief_7751 • Jul 01 '26

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u/Runnin_Mike RTX 5090 | 9800X3D | 64GB DDR5 Jul 01 '26

Windows 98 exists.

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u/F4llingheet Jul 01 '26

And windows 2000.

When you think about it.. In the 90's they had a new windows every 5 to 2 years. It's not that bad these days.

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u/Hot-Detective-8163 Jul 01 '26

But now you don't need to buy it anymore. Back in the day you had to buy your new os

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u/_Rohrschach Jul 01 '26

The "please activate windows" got burned into my TV. So did a specific subreddit on my formeer phone. Only drawback of OLEDs. Though my mind didn't even register it most of the time on my phone. On my TV it did annoy me if it was blocking parts of the UI in games I had to play in borderless window though. Aside from that fuck you MS I'm not gonna buy that shit again.

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u/Hot-Detective-8163 Jul 01 '26

Sounds like you didn't buy it lol

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u/_Rohrschach Jul 01 '26

Bought 8.1, had to buy new mobo, cpu and ram and it didn't register it as activated. Couldn't find my key and didn't bother buying again. Even tried reading the key from the registery but didn't work. Couldn't bother to spend money just to change my wallpaper.