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Chain of Fools 2017 - Every windows version upgraded through

TheRasteri
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Cited on HN 4 times, 2017–2021, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

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

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.

“due to continuous backwards compatibility as demonstrated in videos such as” (HN, 2017)

4 citations · Demos · partly dated

4 Hacker News comments

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@GSimon Feb 2018 Cites it
on HN thread What I learned from watching my iPad's slow death
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> 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.
Shows upgrades from earliest Windows with software staying compatible.

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