On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Graydon<[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 07:17:13PM +0200, Thomas Bohn scripsit: >> On Jul 1, 2009, at 4:39 PM, Graydon wrote: >>> Different Windows releases are different operating systems with >>> similar graphical front ends. >> >> I don't know about that, the only two Windows releases which had >> similar GUI where NT4 and NT5 (Windows 2000). XP had Luna, Vista Aero >> and 7 I don't even care to know. > > I don't mean the GUI was the same implementation (or implemented with > the same widget kit); I mean it behaves more or less the same way as the > previous GUI, or can be caused to. (XP's "classic view" mode, for > instance.) > > -- Graydon >
The reality is that the basic OS hasn't changed significantly since NT5/Win2K, only the GUI has. Vista's infamous breaking of older drivers was simply an enforced requirement for the newer driver model which was the real backend change for XP from 2000. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
