The cost of having to pay for a unneeded Windows license, is often referrer to as Windows tax, primarily in the open source community. However by the Windows OEM EULA, you can get your Windows license refunded, if you can't/don't accept the EULA terms.
by Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen May 30, 2008
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Some of the new and innovative advancements of this OS include:
1. Quitting support for almost half of your fucking users (and withholding updates, even security ones from users who already use windows 11 with those CPUs)
2. Changes the location of the taskbar buttons to the middle (Who asked for that?)
3. Require you to sign up with a Micro$hit account to complete setup if you are on the Home SKU.
4. Make it harder to change your default browser from Edge.
Just do not buy that pile of crap. Stick with Windows 10, it's better.
Some of the new and innovative advancements of this OS include:
1. Quitting support for almost half of your fucking users (and withholding updates, even security ones from users who already use windows 11 with those CPUs)
2. Changes the location of the taskbar buttons to the middle (Who asked for that?)
3. Require you to sign up with a Micro$hit account to complete setup if you are on the Home SKU.
4. Make it harder to change your default browser from Edge.
Just do not buy that pile of crap. Stick with Windows 10, it's better.
Goddamnit, my PC can't upgrade to Windows 11 because my CPU is more than 2 years old. FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!!
by bruhinator 2000 August 30, 2021
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The codename for Windows Vista. It featured a sidebar built into explorer.exe and was based on the Windows XP codebase up until Windows Longhorn Build 4093. From Windows Longhorn build 4008, explorer.exe had a severe memory leak and wasn't fully fixed until the development reset. The development was resetted in September 2004 and based on Windows Server 2003 SP1 codebase. The first Windows Longhorn build to feature the Windows Server 2003 SP1 codebase was Windows Longhorn Build 5048. It was slow and laggy. Windows Longhorn was a fucked up development project from Microsoft.
by ddoser July 13, 2012
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Nerd 1: Yo, I just upgraded to Windows 10, and it's amazing!
Nerd 2: Pfft! Does it sound like this when you start it up? *Plays The Windows Sound from Windows 95*
Nerd 1: Wow! I need to ditch this garbage and get that instead!
Nerd 2: Pfft! Does it sound like this when you start it up? *Plays The Windows Sound from Windows 95*
Nerd 1: Wow! I need to ditch this garbage and get that instead!
by orange_husky April 3, 2020
Get the Windows 95 mug.Microsoft Store Salesperson: You'd like this Sony Vaio notebook, sir?
Computer Buyer: Yes. Core i5, 8 gigs of RAM, sounds really nice.
Salesperson: It also come with Windows 8. On Windows 8 you'll have access to hundreds of new "apps". It's really great.
Buyer: Oh, I don't want that. I just want to use iTunes and Firefox.
Salesperson: You can do that on Windows 8, sir. Just click on the "Desktop" icon.
Buyer: *playing around with the store model* Oh, okay, well.... wa... where is the Start Menu?
Salesperson: It was replaced with the new Start Screen. There you have access to all of your applications, just like the old Start Menu.
Buyer: Alright, well, how do I go to the Control Panel?
Salesperson: It's really easy. All you do is right-click the desktop and choose Screen Resolution, and then just click a few other categories and you'll find it. To change the Start Screen applications and personalization you just use its own control panel in the Start Screen.
Buyer: ...Is this notebook compatible with Windows XP?
Salesperson: (mentally) *FFFFUUUUUUUU*
Computer Buyer: Yes. Core i5, 8 gigs of RAM, sounds really nice.
Salesperson: It also come with Windows 8. On Windows 8 you'll have access to hundreds of new "apps". It's really great.
Buyer: Oh, I don't want that. I just want to use iTunes and Firefox.
Salesperson: You can do that on Windows 8, sir. Just click on the "Desktop" icon.
Buyer: *playing around with the store model* Oh, okay, well.... wa... where is the Start Menu?
Salesperson: It was replaced with the new Start Screen. There you have access to all of your applications, just like the old Start Menu.
Buyer: Alright, well, how do I go to the Control Panel?
Salesperson: It's really easy. All you do is right-click the desktop and choose Screen Resolution, and then just click a few other categories and you'll find it. To change the Start Screen applications and personalization you just use its own control panel in the Start Screen.
Buyer: ...Is this notebook compatible with Windows XP?
Salesperson: (mentally) *FFFFUUUUUUUU*
by trwitter October 24, 2012
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I want to save my documents to the cloud?
I want to save my documents to the cloud?
by PWS27 June 3, 2017
Get the Windows 8 mug.Spending an inordinate amount of time viewing page after page of an item, say shoes, on multiple websites.
I was Windows shopping for almost 3 hours this morning....I looked at almost 4000 pairs of shoes and didn't buy shit.
by Krema April 19, 2009
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