Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20151224121621/@comment-1496755-20160222100649

We had the opportunity to try several operating systems - DOS was crude, but very reliable. When properly configured, crashes were unheard of. Win 95 was like a whole new dimension after all the DOS years. It felt really nice and we spent countless hours just checking its various features. Win 98 was an improvement in terms of features and design, yet the stability suffered quite a bit and we've had some troubles. This is the OS we had when we first started using the internet. I've had some limited exposure to Win NT 4 and Win 2000 - NT is a more professional thing (slightly less user-friendly than Win 95/98 and with some compatibility issues), and 2000 is like an early/rough version of XP (simpler look, less features, more limitations than XP). XP was (and still is) my favorite OS so far. It has the perfect balance of good looks, features, speed, compatibility and stability :)

I like Windows Explorer too - it's amazing how many people still use My Computer. We've never had Total Commander, though there was something called "PC Tools" that we used during the DOS days. It was a very nice program that made various actions simpler and easier (copy-pasting, deleting, editing certain files, etc.).

That's a good idea, Death - I've been catching up with lots of games I had missed as well. Aliens vs Predator 2 is a good one - I played it last year and I liked it. On maximum settings it ran almost perfect on my old laptop. There is an expansion too, Primal Hunt, which is pretty nice overall, but also very short.

Half-Life is (and has always been) a Windows game - you won't need DOSBox for that. Opposing Force is an excellent expansion for it and I strongly recommend it. There is also another one - Blue Shift which is fine as a whole (it's also standalone, meaning you don't even need HL to play it), but it pretty much pales in comparison to OpFor... and it's relatively short too.

IE was good until IE6 - this is when they started to mess things up, coming up with this amazing combination of security vulnerabilities and low speeds. I've heard the latest IE's are decent, but I haven't tried them yet.