Chain of Fools: Windows Upgrades

[sixty]

Can't believe someone did this! I had a similar idea years ago. Anyway, quite awesome.

[Mrinterface]

Nice!

[itlnstln]

What, no Windows ME? No NT 3.51 or 4?

[Brian8bit]

I don't think anyone would be so mean as to install Windows ME onto anything ever again.

[itlnstln]

True. I think that's how the US was trying to get answers out of detainees at GITMO: installing ME on their PCs.

[ripster]

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Deskthority.net. MW doesn't appear to be posting at Geekhack any more.

[itlnstln]

He hasn't posted here, either.

[keyboardlover]

Someone should contact the morgues.

[kachaffeous]

What, no Windows ME? No NT 3.51 or 4?

He had to choose between upgrading to ME or 2000.

[zakazak]

i wonder how long it took that guy to make all those upgrades

[Ekaros]

Hmm, pretty intresting setup...

And unbelivable legacy support for old software... Vista and 7 ended this?

[spolia_optima]

I liked the narration. That was pretty cool.

[Taietzel]

I'm not a big fan of upgrading an OS, but kudos to MS nonetheless.
Now who is going to try this for our fruity friends?

[NewGuy]

It isn't possible due to the architecture changes over the years. (PPC chips to Intel etc.)

[Daniel Beaver]

I want my damn reversi on Windows 7.

[db_Iodine]

It was fantastic to see that all but the newest windows' would keep all the settings from the old installations. Some really cool things were left on that upgraded Win 7.

[webwit]

Laboratory fiction based on clean installs.

[Crazy9000]

Laboratory fiction based on clean installs.

Dammit now me, usenet, and a VM are going to have to sit down for an evening and see if it really works.

[keyboardlover]

Amazingly, I put up with Windows ME for 2 of my 4 years of college. It SUCKED.

[webwit]

No, you have to use the actual Window versions for over a month while installing new software and such. Get back to us in 6 months and tell us how it worked out.

[webwit]

Speaking about laboratory conditions, do you think Cherry factors in dust and tacos when they state their switches last for at least 50M operations?

[rpgman1]

Most likely not for Cherry since dust goes into everything, but should be one factor. As for tacos, well I don't think Cherry would factor that unless you spilled beer or soda on the keyboard.

[Nikki_Case]

Laboratory fiction based on clean installs.

You still have to give some credit to M$. Even in laboratory conditions this is pretty impressive.

[Culinia]

Aww I can's see nothing, just a dark black box.