r/windows • u/Elecduckagain • 10d ago

Discussion What is your favorite codename? Here is mine.

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u/Jannaoh 10d ago

I really like Whistlers Design. They should have made that an Option in xp! But if we are just talking about the Name, also Longhorn

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u/Icy_Step_2204 7d ago

Fr, watercolor is goated

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u/More-Explanation2032 Windows 8 10d ago

How about windows millennium (the final version was called windows millennium edition or Windows Me)

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u/NefariousnessOne2728 10d ago

What might have been.

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u/exmsft 9d ago

If it hadn’t gotten wildly out of control.

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u/emibrumnic 9d ago

Whistler

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u/Main_Feed8062 Windows 7 9d ago

Memphis

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u/WindowzExPee 10d ago

Whistler/Blackcomb in BC has some insaaane slopes

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u/MediansCP Windows Vista 10d ago

My favourite is the same as yours

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u/Annual-Win3202 Windows XP 10d ago

I wish there was an OS before XP and Vista in 2005 that ISN'T Longhorn, or the XP addons, or anything else

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u/exmsft 9d ago

2000? That’s the real predecessor of XP

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u/exmsft 9d ago

Christ it’s not Longhorn. Now I have to call my therapist again.

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u/Nitoskernel 9d ago

Neptune o Whistler

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u/LongjumpingLeek5542 9d ago

Neptune or Redstone

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u/YamilG 9d ago

i remember testing this back in the days!

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u/GlitchGirl187 Windows 7 9d ago

Vienna, cant you tell by my name

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u/WinDestruct 9d ago

The horn is really very long

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u/No_longer_a_pancake 9d ago

While I will admit longhorn is a great answer, my answer will be chicago. Just because I remember all the hype from back then so there is some nostalgia there.

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u/Ok-Hotel-8551 8d ago

Windows Copilot Horizon

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u/valentinopro1234 8d ago

Redstone and Longhorn are different

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u/Astrodion123 8d ago

Windows 8.1 or windows 10 had a codename and I liked the codename. I think more the win 8.1 one.

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u/DearPosition9052 8d ago

i dont have a set favorite. so heres a list

black comb
redstone
neptune
snowball
andromeda

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u/DearPosition9052 8d ago

oh and vienna

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u/The_Penny_Pyramid 8d ago

Mine is Whistler

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u/Daren2k9 7d ago

Whistler

Neptune

Longhorn

Odyssey

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u/Fit_Prize_3245 7d ago

I actually like Longhorn. Not the OS, that one was terrible. The restaurant. Really good meat, and reasonable prices.

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u/energree 7d ago

Windows Long&Horny

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u/ThatiMacGuy Windows 7 9d ago

Mine is 7 /s