Being able to preview media files directly in the preview pane of explorer was mind blowing to me. This feature alone made me love ME, let alone the interface customisation it allowed.
Fair point, the old school service packs and hotfix rollups were cool. But I think that sort of enthusiasm towards updates ended with XP, at least it did for me, because I switched to Linux permanently after Windows 7 came out.
XP was indeed when I stopped caring about Windows updates, SP2 was a huge deal - after that they where either "eh" or actively things I didn't want.
To be honest I think the reason I stopped care was more that I started using Linux as an OS in the 90's and over time more and more of my computing life was on Linux (except gaming) so by 2004 (or a little earlier) Windows was just for games.
We did, and there was some cool stuff coming out of MS now and then. I remember when the first Power Toys came out - there's nothing really magic in current ones though.
The only Windows update that made me “eagerly await” is the Windows XP SP2.
And what an update it was.
I still remember how Windows ME looked at first, the feeling of something better. That didn't last long
Being able to preview media files directly in the preview pane of explorer was mind blowing to me. This feature alone made me love ME, let alone the interface customisation it allowed.
My Mac ran XP SP2 in Boot Camp for an insanely long time. Best version of Windows that will ever exist.
Windows 7 was pretty neat.
Fair point, the old school service packs and hotfix rollups were cool. But I think that sort of enthusiasm towards updates ended with XP, at least it did for me, because I switched to Linux permanently after Windows 7 came out.
XP was indeed when I stopped caring about Windows updates, SP2 was a huge deal - after that they where either "eh" or actively things I didn't want.
To be honest I think the reason I stopped care was more that I started using Linux as an OS in the 90's and over time more and more of my computing life was on Linux (except gaming) so by 2004 (or a little earlier) Windows was just for games.
We did, and there was some cool stuff coming out of MS now and then. I remember when the first Power Toys came out - there's nothing really magic in current ones though.
I never did. I did wait eagerly for new .NET releases, though.
....No. And those were not good days, unless your definition is fun is reinstalling OS
Back when updates were add on packs like Plus! they were very exciting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Plus!
Hm, Microsoft Plus! actually looks cool. Way better than Google Plus.
The days when updates used to add things instead of taking them away!