Why do uncs pretend computers were better in the past?
>>110314231Zoomers do thatComputers weren't but the internet sure was Best thing about the internet now is you can mostly automate it and not not need to interact with any of it directly
>>110314231why do you make threads solely to get attention?
>>110314259I'd guess it's a mikee thread
>>110314231Dang I thought this was a desktop thread, what happened to those anyways
By computer I assume you mean OS>code not written by ai or pajeets>no ads>not siphoning your data and keystrokes back to the home base>beautiful range of aesthetics from Windows 95 to Vista, everything after was soulless crap
>>110314439You literally got hopelessly infected with viruses after 5 minutes (no exaggeration) of connecting a Windows XP without service packs to the network (no other interaction needed).
>>110314490If you were retarded enough to directly connect to the world wide web with no firewall inbetween
>>110314540What does it matter? It still means code (written by huwaite humans, not jeets or AI) was garbage back then.
>>110314231No one says that. The aesthetic was better but no one misses the minutes long boot times.
>>110314231Have you ever used old windows before the software as a service model?It was like linux but everything worked.
>>110314253>Computers weren'tComputer hardware was not.Computer software was a lot better. Windows 7 and even 8/8.1 in a VM is sometimes faster than Windows 10/11 natively.
>>110314592Security was optional, just a few years earlier microjeets were still using a Dos-based OS>>110314602>I NEED my computer to turn on in seconds, because i just do, ok?
>>110314231soul
>>110314231We don't? The world in general was better, but computers are obviously better now.
>>110314762>modern cases don't have 5.25 drive baysNo
>>110314602>no one misses the minutes long boot timesI intentionally set a delay for my desktop to start. Gives me time to walk around and get a some water.
>>110314231
>>110314814this you unc?
>>110314694You only care about that kind of stuff because you're a winjeet tho
The vast majority of people think everything was better when they in their teens/20s because they were more fun and optimistic. Where tech is concerned it's also because it used to be much simpler, eg during my 20s I could tell you what every file on a Windows machine did and hold the entire boot process in my head so troubleshooting was relatively simple.But people do this with music, cars, everything. It's hard for them to separate 'good memories of fun times' from the idea of 'objectively better'. I still remember the first time I used Google (which was massively better than competitors like Yahoo, Lycos etc) and things like Google Earth and later street view. But that excitement about feeling the world was openi gup with technology was basically because it became possible to imagine the world of today with 'intelligent' assistants, self-healing software and so on.My advice as an oldfag is to limit your exposure to people who constantly go on about how great it was in former eras, doubly so if this is related to politics or technology. Like, they're sincere and it's interesting if you want to dwell in nostalgia or gather some specific information about how problems used to get solved, but if it's their whole personality they've basically stopped growing as a person in whatever period they are waxing nostalgic about.
Only your false nostalgia baiting zoomer friends do that.
>>110314231They're just kind of stupid. It's the Flynn effect. Boomers will always be more retarded than Zoomers. And when the Zoomers become the Boomers, the new Zoomers will be smarter than them.
>>110314231Wachowski sisters were right. 1999 was the peak
>>110315111>Flynn effectdidn't that already plateau out?less coal burning and leaded gas probably did a lot of the heavy lifting
>>110315192>>didn't that already plateau out?Yes thanks to zoomers
>>110314231Because they were trying to improve the OS.Windows 7 is the peak of Windows.Then it just got worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse and worse
>>110315176>sisters
>>110315329it's a term for female siblings
>>110315208It's just because they don't control for race. Smartphones have nothing to do with it- the Flynn effect has always been demographics.
>>110314231why do you claim some retardation as if it's factual statement?
>>110315390yes the elite group of zoomer whites will save their generation
The internet was cooler because companies spent a lot of money printing ads they'd send in the mail or bundle with newspapers. Back then older adults mostly stuck to news websites, or normfag chatrooms through AOL/Facebook. Corporations didn't yet adopt the destructive/invasive mindset of plastering internet ads wherever you'd go, or try to seize control of search engines/social media platforms. Once rent seekers saw the true of internet marketing/influence then all the political shills/grifters poured in to engineer people/behavior. You'll live to see them build a social credit system like China's and some really shitty version of precrime that mistakenly arrests people for imaginary or "predicted" crimes.Normalfags/adults ruin everything they touch.
>>110314231I miss msn so much it's not even funny...
>>110314737>>I NEED my computer to turn on in seconds, because i just do, ok?I look like that and say that.
>>110314231Not sure why people ITT are coping about this by blaming zoomers when this in, in fact, what "uncs" do.
>>110315484fuck...
>>110315517imagine if facebook stayed for college students only
>>110314231We dont.Niggerfaggot.
>>110315911>We dont.You do.
>>110315919Suck my Ding Dong, Bitchboi.
>>110315374>female
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>>110315208zoomers didn't mass import double digit iq third worlders
>>110314231Because I had a turbo button that just made the fans spin a bit harder.
>>110314231because they were pure and made people optimistic about the future of internet and computing
>>110314737rds
>>110314231Because no black or brown people had computers.
>>110314231Why would you have an icon for irfanview
Complexity of standard software/GUIs is incredibly unnecessary IMO. As Terry Davis said (?), "Geniuses make it simple; idiots admire complexity". If Windows XP/Vista/7/8.1 had a good built-in firewall back then and good updating then we'd be in a lot better place. Windows in general is a clusterfuck... so macOS and Linux are poised to win. macOS has a vertical supply chain however which is pretty gay.
>>110314231>uncs>unc
>>110315534>that one time you stepped up and asked your high school crush for her email>try to chat her up on msnnowadays everyone has all the numbers through group apps
>>110314231How far back in the past are we talking about? I'd say 2013-2014 was a golden era, you could do everything we're doing right now but the software was a lot less bloated, as long as you had an SSD almost everything was instant.
>>110314814Perfect
>>110316860Especially on modern hardware? Software engineering was shitted up for a collection of reasons. Windows 11 is still pretty good but they're optimizing a dead horse
yoooOOO this old school CD player is fire bro, on God that's no cap. maybe not all uncs are so mid after all given they had THESE. YoooooooOO
>>110314253>Computers weren't but the internet sure wasMan, I want to exclude South Asia and Africa from the internet so badly. All they do is shit it up. They don't fucking deserve it.
>>110316472>Because no black or brown people had computers.I want to go back to those times.
>>110316978White people are shitting it up just as much, just check YouTube or TikTok
>>110314694>Computer hardware was notArguably it was, since the only improvements in speed seem to be running entire operating systems hidden and obfuscated to spy on you
>>110316472I miss the time before Indians got their hand on cheap android smartphones and flooded the internet.
>>110314231cuz they didnt let mossad spy on u
