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Chain of Fools 2017 - Every windows version upgraded through
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TheRasteri upgrades a single PC through every Windows version, from early releases through Windows 10, testing that old software keeps running. It is an updated version of the Chain of Fools experiment.
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HN cites it as a demonstration of Windows' long backwards compatibility.
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The article is not coming up for me, but here's Google's cache: [LINK] a direct link to the video: [VIDEO] and a link to the original 2011 experiment: [LINK]
Read original comment ↗It's a similar story with Windows, due to continuous backwards compatibility as demonstrated in videos such as: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗> Apple neither forces OS updates, nor forces app updates In practice they do. I recently deleted a timelapse app from my new phone (se) because the app wouldn't work with the new update. That may not be the best airtight example as the new OS update I did 'choose' to upgrade to which did somehow break the app, and the creator didn't release an updated version for the new OS, but in a real world scenario are you going to discontinue OS updates on a device you purchased months earlier for a few apps? Meanwhile there's decade old computers running windows xp that have no problems starting photoshop 7.0. There's also this video: [VIDEO] showing Windows upgrades from earliest versions to newest and software like excel being compatible from earliest versions onward.
Read original comment ↗Windows 1 to Windows 7: [LINK] (set colour schemes disappear at XP, but programs continue to work) Follow up - Windows 1 to Windows 10: [VIDEO]
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