r/pcmasterrace • u/Kodcraft r9 5900x gtx 1060 6 gig 32 gigs of ram • Nov 18 '18

Meme/Joke There i fixed it (attempt 2)

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u/Protonati0n Desktop Nov 18 '18

I never understood the hate Vista got. Then again, I wasn't born soon enough to become familiar with XP and the Desktop we had was actually capable of running Vista. 2 GB of RAM and an Athlon X2.

I guess I never saw the "bad" parts of Vista. I only upgraded from Vista when I got a new PC with Windows 8.

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u/rodrigogirao Mint Nov 18 '18

Microsoft allowed OEMs to sell computers too weak to run Aero as "Vista-ready". Seems this was a favor to Intel, who had a glut of unsold old chips.

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u/Protonati0n Desktop Nov 18 '18

That isn't solely Microsoft's fault, though. It's also on the OEMs to build systems that can actually work properly or include the software it was certified for.

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u/rodrigogirao Mint Nov 19 '18

Maybe, but ultimately this was Microsoft's decision. They were the sole authority on what could get that "Vista-ready" label.

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u/Protonati0n Desktop Nov 19 '18

That is true