• @[email protected]
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    7 months ago

    There would never have been any 32-bit versions: no Windows NT, no Windows 95; no Explorer, no Start menu or taskbars. That, in turn, might well have killed off Apple as well. No iPod, no iPhone, no fondleslabs. Twenty-first century computers would be unimaginably different.

    It’s definitely fun to think about how things could’ve been different, but personally, it seems pretty silly to think that things today would be “unimaginably different”. Like don’t you think that these paradigms seem intuitive enough that multiple people could’ve independently come up with them?

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    47 months ago

    I was a dedicated OS/2 user for many years. I still miss REXX.

    • @agent_flounder
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      57 months ago

      I don’t think I’ve even seen an OS/2 system in person, unfortunately. This article makes me want to try it out. I’ve got an old Thinkpad 760 knocking about somewhere…

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        27 months ago

        Make it happen! It was so far ahead of its time

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    27 months ago

    There would never have been any 32-bit versions: no Windows NT, no Windows 95; no Explorer, no Start menu or taskbars. That, in turn, might well have killed off Apple as well. No iPod, no iPhone…

    Not following the logic here. Why does Microsoft’s choice in 32-bit OS kill Apple?