Comment by sneak
1 month ago
My fond memory is of XP (with the child's toy color scheme changed to the Win2000 one) or simply Win2000 - it actually had preemptive multitasking and protected memory, unlike 95/89.
Everything you need, nothing you don't. The OS/DE stayed in its lane.
2000 and XP both gave me fond memories too. 3.1 and 95/98 were the starter though, like one always have fond memory with the first love :D