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    Chain of Fools 2017 - Every windows version upgraded through

    TheRasteri

    4 HN mentions · mentioned in 4 months, 2017–2021

    YouTube

    9:51 · 255K views · Mar 14, 2017

    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.

    HN cites it as a demonstration of Windows' long backwards compatibility.

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    4 comments from Hacker News

    1. @GSimonFeb 2018· in “What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death”

      > 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: this video showing Windows upgrades from earliest versions to newest and software like excel being compatible from earliest versions onward.

      CitesView on HN
    2. @milesMar 2017· in “Man Puts Computer Through Hell by Installing Every Major Windows Upgrade”

      The article is not coming up for me, but here's Google's cache: [LINK] a direct link to the video: this video and a link to the original 2011 experiment: [LINK]

      CitesView on HN
    3. @stordoffMay 2021· in “Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) to be retired on June 15, 2022”

      Windows 1 to Windows 7: [LINK] (set colour schemes disappear at XP, but programs continue to work) Follow up - Windows 1 to Windows 10: this video

      CitesView on HN
    4. @trunchbullApr 2017· in ““Users will only be able to view patents via HTTP. HTTPS will no longer work””

      It's a similar story with Windows, due to continuous backwards compatibility as demonstrated in videos such as: this video

      CitesView on HN