I recall those earlier versions of Windows, including
Windows NT and Windows 2000. In fact, I am currently using Windows 2000 Professional on this computer.
Remember that NT 3.1 could fit on a 12MB box! I think the anti-MS morons even called that bloatware back then.
I spent six months on the Win95 development team testing hardware up in Redmond. Worked with an awesome bunch of people and had a lot of fun doing it.
The good old days of the “tech world”. :-)
In fact, I am currently using Windows 2000 Professional on this computer.
As am I.
I prefer the gui and am able to find things (for tweaking system settings, etc.) much easier than XP or anything later.
XP, and the later releases are not so much “operating systems” as they are “media presentation software”.
Problem is Flash and Java have dropped support for W2K, so I’m running the latest versions of both that are still compatible, and get bit often by webpages telling me my Flash is out of date.