I asked people what the worst Windows OS is, and everyone's pointing at Mistake EDDition.

[sombrerosonic]

yes

Linux is actually well made

ibmOS

You mean OS/2?

 

[SylverReZ]

You mean OS/2?

OS/2 was pretty warped as compared to other OSes.

 

[Ryab]

"That's why we're not shipping Windows 98 yet."

But no, the version of Windows 98 they showed off is most likely a beta build where they still needed to fix a few bugs, like the one where they tried plugging in devices such as a scanner.

Windows 98 is still known to be a rather unstable version of Windows though.

 

[Jayro]

"That's why we're not shipping Windows 98 yet."

But no, the version of Windows 98 they showed off is most likely a beta build where they still needed to fix a few bugs, like the one where they tried plugging in devices such as a scanner.

Windows XP always bothered me with how much it lacked drivers. Every time you plugged in ANYTHING to that OS, it had it's hand out wanting a driver. I wish Snappy Driver Installer Origin was around back then, it would have been such a life saver at the time. "Driver downloaders" back then were a joke, and usually a scam with malware.

 

[SylverReZ]

Windows XP always bothered me with how much it lacked drivers. Every time you plugged in ANYTHING to that OS, it had it's hand out wanting a driver. I wish Snappy Driver Installer Origin was around back then, it would have been such a life saver at the time. "Driver downloaders" back then were a joke, and usually a scam with malware.

There was one that I remember many years ago called "SlimDrivers". If I recall correctly, it would let you install some drivers with the rest you had to pay for.

 

[linuxares]

It's amazing OS/2 was suppose to be this joint venture but Microsoft stabbed IBM in the back.

 

[JFizDaWiz]

[redacted]

 

[Marc_LFD]

Windows Me definitely deserves that ranking.

Windows 11 as bad as it is, it functions as it should, it's just that it's filled with horseshit that a desktop OS shouldn't have or at least make it OPTIONAL than force it upon the users to "get used to it, dude."

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only 25 votes..total

You can go around the internet and you'll find people will bring up Windows Me as the worst. Then comes Windows Vista and Windows 11.

There are a few that defend Windows Vista as "very stable and nice looking," except they forget SP2 was released years after while I and many others used Vista as it originally launched and it was a bunch of broken bullshit.