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[–] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Windows 7 was arguably the last OS they ever made.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (7 children)

This line of thought goes all the way back to NT, and even then IBM would have some comments.

DOS was the last one they built, and they made a really decent GUI for it before they switched to NT.

[–] exaybachae@startrek.website 1 point 1 day ago (2 children)

Wasn't 7 just an visually updated NT.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 1 day ago

everything after w2k is NT. by kernel version, its

  • NT4: 4.0
  • 2000: 5.0
  • XP: 5.1
  • Vista: 6.0
  • 7: 6.1
  • 8: 6.2
  • 8.1: 6.3
  • 10: 10.0

haven't checked 11 but i bet you they bumped the major again.

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