{"id":401,"date":"2007-03-24T00:03:42","date_gmt":"2007-03-23T15:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-03-24\/401"},"modified":"2007-03-24T00:04:13","modified_gmt":"2007-03-23T15:04:13","slug":"top-10-worst-major-releases-of-microsoft-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-03-24\/401","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Worst Major Releases of Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<p>I just realized that with Vista&trade;, there are now enough major\nreleases of Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; for the desktop (as opposed to PDAs\nand servers) to put out a &#8220;Top 10&#8221; list, so without further\nado....<\/p>\n\n<p><big><i>The Top 10 <b>Worst<\/b> Major Releases of Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; for the Desktop:<\/i><\/big><\/p>\n   \n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n #winlist td { margin:0; padding: 0 0 0 5px }\n #winlist { margin: 10px 0 0 20px }\n<\/style>\n\n<table id='winlist'>\n<tr><td align='right'>10.<\/td><td align='left'>Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; 1.0<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td align='right'>10.<\/td><td align='left'>Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; 2.0<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td align='right'> 9.<\/td><td align='left'>Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; 3.0<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td align='right'> 8.<\/td><td align='left'>Microsoft&reg; Windows NT&reg;<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td align='right'> 7.<\/td><td align='left'>Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; 95<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td align='right'> 5.<\/td><td align='left'>Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; 98<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td align='right'> 4.<\/td><td align='left'>Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; 2000<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td align='right'> 3.<\/td><td align='left'>Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; ME<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td align='right'> 2.<\/td><td align='left'>Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; XP<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td align='right'> 1.<\/td><td align='left'>Microsoft&reg; Windows Vista&trade;<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n<p>As one would expect in a &#8220;top worst&#8221; list for Windows&reg;,\nit includes <i>all<\/i> the major desktop releases.\n\n<\/p><p>\n\nThe list is in chronological order, but if what <span class='nobr'>I hear<\/span> about Vista&trade;\nis any indication, it also belongs solidly in the #1 spot in <span class='nobr'>a traditional<\/span>\norder-by-rank list of worsts as well.\n\n<\/p><p>\n\nI must thank Microsoft&reg; for one thing: the flakiness of my previous\nWindows&reg; box resulted in <span class='nobr'>a blog<\/span> post &mdash; <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2005-09-23\/75\">How to Waste <span class='nobr'>a Lot<\/span> of Time in\nTwo Weeks (or More)<\/a> &mdash; that has perpetually been one of the most\npopular posts of my blog.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just realized that with Vista&trade;, there are now enough major releases of Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; for the desktop (as opposed to PDAs and servers) to put out a \"Top 10\" list, so without further ado....<\/p> <p>The Top 10 <b>Worst<\/b> Major Releases of Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; for the Desktop:<\/p> 10.Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; 1.0 10.Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; 2.0 9.Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; 3.0 8.Microsoft&reg; Windows NT&reg; 7.Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; 95 5.Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; 98 4.Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; 2000 3.Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; ME 2.Microsoft&reg; Windows&reg; XP 1.Microsoft&reg; Windows Vista&trade; <p>As one would expect in a \"top worst\" list for Windows&reg;, it includes all the major desktop releases. <\/p><p> The list is in [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}