The ULTIMATE Windows OS Tier List!
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Tiers
00:33 Windows 1.0-3.1
01:15 Windows 95
02:07 Windows 98
04:23 Windows 2000
05:30 Windows ME
06:54 Windows XP
08:36 Windows Vista
10:24 Windows 7
11:24 Windows 8
12:00 Windows 8.1
12:56 Windows 10
14:53 Windows 11
16:38 Final Results
Host, Writing: Gvidas Mirinauskas
Video Editing: Gabija Ruzgaitė
Camera: Justinas Kyga
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Which Windows version was your most favorite and least favorite?
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Win2000 pro was my fav
Xp😢❤ and 7
11 & 10 good, the others are not bad but I would say Windows 3 is bad as Windows 95 and others are much easier to use.
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I regretted updating from Windows 7 to Windows 10
what really ?
I still had windows 7 a month ago and I recently upgraded t owindows 10 pro and its working just like windows 7 foe me
I was fine with windiws 7 too but i had to upgrade since some games I play stoped runing on win 7
@@FunnyPeopleClips2002 i regretted upgrading because all my games in windows 7 runs perfectly and smoothly 60fps. But when i upgraded to Windows 10, it decreased to 30-10fps. It's because of Intel GMA integrated GPU, i should've never upgraded it and stick to Windows 7
@@tofuchaeng06 there is a way to downgrade if you actually got the win 10 installer on 7 then in windows settings there is a way to downgrade the only thing is no security updates unless you use something like malwarebytes or mcafee
windows 7 is for real men
Windows 7 is the GOAT, you didn't have to deal with privacy concerns because even as a Windows 10 users now, I had to go on youtube and turn off, block all privacy nonsense that were in the OS that they do not tell you about in which info is being sent to them. Windows 11 will be the real deal breaker, as they have announced a program called Recall that will be in Windows 11 soon, which will record ALL activities on your PC, which means conversations, app uses, browsers, what you upload, download, install, folders, data, etc, etc, and their reasoning? "So that you can retrieve previous data if you so wish..."
Yes...that's why they're doing this. Man, I wished most things still ran on Win7, because I would love to go back to that, I miss that OS soo much, the BEST of all time.
I have started with XP and that was way better than 2000 or 98 , I like the colours so much + that start button gave me nostalgia everytime I think about it , currently I am using windows 7 and it's also running well.
Yooo same my first windows experience was with XP too. I still have fond memories of it. Back when windows was... _simpler_
XP was a security nightmare
Exactly
not really? if you had any amount of common sense, there would never be any issues with viruses or security concerns.
@@matthewbarabas3052 devs should always develop assuming the user is stupid, so it was a giant security nightmare
@@burningpho3nix if a user is stupid, then security doesnt matter. it cant stop the user from doing stupid things. i was one of those stupid users, and, notably, the only viruses or any security issues i ever encountered was directly due to me being stupid.
its why i consider the issue so overblown, and so unimportant. i couldnt care less about security.
@@matthewbarabas3052 needing to explicitly escalate privileges by either sudo or a password prompt can hold people back, at least a bit.
What about Windows 2, Windows 3.0, and Windows 3.1? 3.1 was a landmark version and introduced so many new features!
Tbh Microsoft hasn’t made a windows OS as amazing as Windows Vista in years like I mean, Windows, 10 and Windows 11, and Windows 7, and Windows XP are good, but not as good as Windows Vista
honestly, i think Windows 10 and 11 in my opinion (if you exclude 7) were some what close to Vista in a way but i can see how they weren't as good compared to vista so... i can respect that
My oldest experience was Win XP so I obviously have no clue about the older versions. but I think WIN XP and WIN 7 are the among the top best operating systems and the ones that really made Windows what it is today
To be honest, Win 2000 was for server use mainly :)
totally agreeing with that list, obviously im too young to know versions like 95 microsoft windows, but those which i know, yeah youre right
Stability of DOS based Windows OSes hugely depended how well made drivers hardware had. Some folks had good luck and some had bad (and a lot of BSODs)
We need the windows aero back
Preach!
There was pre-downloaded horse vids and I watched them all day at my windows 7 (Laptop still working)
I wacthed it after 9 years.... loved it
My personal experience
Windows 2 - The GUI was ground breaking at the time and a lot of fun. I had hours upon hours of fun on this.
Windows 3.1 - I absolutely loved this. I thought it was the greatest OS ever! So clear, colourful, professional looking. Loved TrueType on MS Word 2.
Windows 95 - Another groundbreaking OS. Loved the start button, Windows Explorer and being able to drag and drop. It did crash a lot though and I missed 3.1 like crazy.
Windows 98 - I never really used this, but tried it and it was just like Windows 95 - except the title bar had a gradient and the clouds wallpaper swooshed.
Windows ME - my first upgrade from Windows 95 - and it was visually stunning. I loved the menu animations and new icons. It still crashed a lot though just like 95, but I was used to this.
Windows XP - what a breath of fresh air this was. It literally never crashed and was visually beautiful. I must have used this OS for 10 years and it remains my favourite even today.
Windows Vista - the visual refresh was beautiful. This OS felt very advanced, but the security dialogues were annoying. I was so disappointed that the slide menu animation disappeared.
Windows 7 - visually beautiful, just like Vista, but without the annoying security dialogues. I loved this OS and used it for a long time, but missed XP. I hated the new start menu.
Windows 8 - I bought a 27" touchscreen monitor for this and it looked and felt amazing. I found that I never used the touchscreen though and eventually, the new style became irritating.
Windows 8.1 - literally, Windows 8 but with a start menu and floating Windows over Metro. I welcomed a return to the older style. At this point, I missed 7 though and XP even more.
Windows 10 - The new start menu was incredible ! I got comfortable with this OS quickly, even though I was aware of how evil it was - stealing all your data. The new icons looked bad.
Windows 11 - worst version of Windows I've ever used. It feels clunky and dumbed down, the start menu is terrible and the evilness present in Windows 10 has been amplified.
I'd place 98 on par with 2000 because the latter was better when it came to stability, but it lost on games which were mainly DOS-based (that's why many games worked better on 9x), as well as certain programs. Also 2000 was bundled with DirectX 7.
Vista was just too early to come, it's actually decent
I grew up with Windows XP, and I loved it.
In fact, on my current gaming laptop, I have my taskbar, start menu, and the windows reskinned to look like Windows XP, cause the look is truly stylish.
XP way my favorite. Windows 11 will not run on any of my 9 computers. I did the registry hack on one pc to install it and I have to agree with everything you said about it.
There was a windows ME 😢, yeah I started with XP too I loved it then. Vista had changes I like but had some glitches I was not a big fan tho but I respect the opinion of those who loved it.
Windows 7 belongs in S league, 8 & 8.1 wasn’t all that as you stated it was complicated but a new look, 10 carried a look that I loved and the security issues i didn’t have I understood my way around I didn’t see why they did 11 but may cause I’ve lost interest in going deep in the system to find out the changes.
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For the windows 11 right click context menu, you can get the old one back with a command line if you look it up. Still a terrible change for sure.
A lot of the information is inaccurate but I still enjoyed the video nonetheless. Windows XP was hands down a legend. Same with 7 and 98.
Thanks for watching! I'd like to improve my videos, could you tell me where I made mistakes in the video in regards to information?
15:12 couldn't agree more... windows 11 is disrespectful for number 11... also... the removal of (this PC) is really annoying (type into search on 10 [this pc] it will show all folders.. basically,.. it's not available on 11)
The best is Tiny 7 a hacked-up win7 only 1.5G in size runs perfectly.
Windows XP was definitely one if you the best versions of windows, However Pre SP2 it did have some major security issues but it was stable,innovative,and reliable and very nostialgic for most and laid alot of the foundation of what versions of windows have today.
My favorites are XP, 7 and 10 😊
Nice!
I am a kid and I will be nostalgic for Windows 10, but never for Windows 11.
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I bought the product for two months, but I couldn't use it for more than a month.
You didn't explain the risk in the advertisement and you haven't been able to repair my connection for more than a month
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Otherwise, I will disclose your bad behavior on all websites.
File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau or your local consumer reporting agency. Paying for a service that does not work is considered fraud.
You asked for it, you got it. The gold version of XP (so not XP SP1 and up), was insecure if you connected it to the Net.
Windows 7 was peak windows. Ever since they started cramming telemetry and shit in, it went straight down the shitter. Luckily there are tools to disable this which make windows 10 arguable better, but unmodified 7 is peak.
11's clean start menu is superior to any other Windows version really.
It's the best since windows 7
I liked the 10 start menu, but 11 just made it better, yeah the recommended section is weird but it can be put to low by enabling more pins setting
I still miss the Windows Aero interface in modern versions of Windows.
I am stuck with my windows 8 (money problems)updated to a 10 but thought windows 7 and XP were better time for a change 3:40
Actually, Clippy showed up for the first time in Office 97 family, and we hate it. 😄
I haven't used 11 yet, because my computer doesn't have the TPM chip so it's not supported even though everything else on the system is good enough. I understand you can get around that requirement but it requires hacks and I heard they keep trying to stop people from doing it with each new version. You also don't get automatic updates and being up to date with security patches is the only reason I have to be interested in 11. I also don't want to risk Tiny11 on my current system. I just bought a Mini PC online that comes with 11, so I guess I'll see for myself, but I'll probably have to immediately download stuff to fix the start menu/taskbar/shortcut menus/etc. If I actually find it decent I might do a full drive image and see if I can get Tiny11 running on my current system.
10 from what I've heard started out good, and was even marketed for its low system requirements and supposedly being good on older hardware, but every (forced)update since then has broken stuff and/or added bloat to the system. 11 Apparently is somewhat the same, as one of the first things a lot of people do is run debloater programs on a fresh install.
I actually had ME on my first brand new computer(before that I used garage sale/flea market/thrift store finds). I thought it was mostly fine, but maybe I just didn't have much of a frame of reference. Thinking back I did have quite a few BSODs, and after a few years finding any hardware with compatible drivers was a bit of a nightmare. But I do remember it as the first windows OS that I used that had the hibernate feature, not sure if 2000 had it as I never used 2000. I was actually a little annoyed at the loss of the DOS basis as I had quite a few DOS abandonware games, and I think this was before DOSbox.
XP and 7 were both great, not much to say. If I could use them forever I might consider it considering my alternatives are 10/11(won't even mention 8).
I've also been trying out Linux, but after 2 decades on windows becoming quite advanced and learning how to customize things extensively and how to troubleshoot and be my own tech support, linux is more than a bit of an adjustment. I can muddle through some things, but other things I've tried to fix things has only made them worse a few times. Some things though work very well once you know how. I have mixed feelings on basically the solution to most problems seeming to involve opening a terminal and often requiring sudo. I've gotten /tons/ of permission errors, which required me to close down a gui program and relaunch it with sudo.
I do like the design and the Icons of Windows 11 and alot of it's new features but I hated the start menu and the size of the taskbar to fix this I use a program called Start all back which made my start menu similar to Windows 7 but with a Windows 11 theme to it
Gotta Disagree with Windows ME rating, I use Windows ME on a Dell Dimension 4100 and it ran ME somewhat flawlessly, it was like vista where it depended on your system specs, like even 128mb of ram could barely run it but the dell we had came with 256mb and ran Windows ME decently especially with it's nVidia graphics card which gave awesome graphics
Fair point, you can take my Windows ME rating with a grain of salt since like I've said in the video - I didn't use it back then, just based my rating off reading other people's experience with it
@@SurfsharkAcademy yeah i completely understand, plus i know a lot of friends who did hate it and straight up downgraded to windows 98
Vista was aesthetically pleasing but functionally a dumpsterfire. UAC needed to at least consider shutting up on occasion, and the little desktop gadgets contained a security exploit iirc. But my family had a top-of-the-line PC back in the day (my mom used to edit videos and make Flash content back then, and she's still a gamer even today) and that meant Vista had a clear runway to take flight from. Also, yes, UAC, I want this program to make changes to my computer. Stop asking.
what is about server os can suggest server os to use as a desktop
NT
2000
2003
2008
2016
2019
2022
i think 2022 is best os to use desktop os
all windows 10 pro features plus 10 yrs supports
because windows 10 main support end in 2024 or 2025 and server 2022 support for 2032 .. I think 10 yrs main supports
server os run on low spec hardware
also server 2022 run old software plus old 98 99 2000 games
XP and 7 is the best, but i disagree that vista is the worst it was stable like xp when i used it and also its ahead of its time with the aero interface and overall it was good for me. Vista deserves to be in the S tier in my opinion
Unable to connect, ask for a refund to find a bunch of reasons, have deleted the account, is a scam product
Make sure you file a complaint with the better Business bureau to warn other consumers.. 😡
Windows XP. Here in Chile, XP was synonymous with computers. For years and years, you could find XP in internet cafes.
Windows XP gave me the most blue screens in my life, it was a blue screen festival. Terrible experience. My personal favourites are Win98, Win2000, Win7 and Win10. I skipped Vista back then and waited for the next version which was 7. Windows 8.1 was ok but with a useless interface. I think that my worst experience was with XP and now with 11. They are trash, hands down the worst. For now i'm good with Fedora, Manjaro and Windows 10.
Personally I don’t get the hate for windows 8. Yeah the start menu sucks because it’s not designed for desktop use but all you have to do is install classic shell and it fixes that issue. It literally takes less than 5 minutes and once you did that it was a faster and improved version of Windows 7. The explorer shell itself isn’t any different from 7s either and the added support for newer hardware and an overall faster lighter OS was a welcome improvement over 7 and with added features like an improved task manager file transfer dialog box and fast boot made it a nice update in my opinion. If it wasn’t for the start menu nobody would’ve had issues with 8. I think windows 10 was way WAY worse than 8 because the start menu was still trash it was far far slower because it was a highly unoptimized resource hog and not to mention the issues with telemetry and the lack of control with updates random restarts and Microsoft store apps automatically downloading even after being deleted plus them installing it on windows 7/8 pcs without permission during release. In my opinion windows 10 was a disaster and I’m glad we’ve moved on to 11 despite the unnecessarily high system requirements. But thats easy to get past.
why does EVERYONE hate the UWP rightclick context menu in win 11???
Vista it self wasn't bad, it was Microsoft and O.E.Ms not knowing what the word communication is.
I Actually Loved Windows ME It Was My Childhood Favorite Is It Worked Better Than Windows 3.1 Windows 95 Windows 98 And Windows 2000 Windows ME Runs Great On Intel Processors In My Experience But Not So Much On AMD Processors
when 2003-2008
I am using windows 98se
windows me
windows NT
windows server 2000 pro
windows serverr 2003
windows xp
fastest boot os in year 2003-2008 is windows 2000 pro ... very fast boot
because lots of bloatware such as accesories games and .net vb tools are not install in first boot..
but at that time windows xp is very best. all games . and all new hardware supported by xp and most manufacturer gives drivers to xp ( hardware = printer , cameras .. etc .. handheld cameras not like todays which present on top of screen of mobile or monitors )
I agree with these rankings 100%.
Windows XP meant to me was Xpect Problems.
honestly 7 was the last good version of windows, everything after that was just bloated garbage filled with ads and telemetry, and just much harder to use with settings scattered all over the place. unironically, if you take a windows 7 iso and patch it to have things like modern drivers, despite some compatibility issues, it's a much better experience than 10 and 11.
7 was one of my favorites for sure
bruh i already have windows 10 1507 nostaligia
new sub
didn't mention windows 98 second edition which was the first windows operating system that offered WIFI.
My first laptop had Windows 7
You completely forgot Windows 3 / 3.1
I bundled them together with 1.0 since they were arguably very similar in many aspects, but my rating wouldn't matter much since I didn't use it :(
My simple Question
you have sister
what she did in that era when you are play games
my fav game is AGE OF EMPIRES II .. AGE OF KING
Windows 7 better
You have a point. Simple, to the point. The look and feel of vista with the perfect functionality of xp. I mean COME ON how can 7 not be considered objectively the best
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Fraud software!
Yes it is. Take legal action against the service.
W comparison
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Amazing
Why put Windows 8 on F? Maybe you should've put on C. I was bad but it with third-party programs, it solves the issue.
because windows 8 was just not good on any computers which is why 8.1 is just a better upgrade imo since it was more computer friendly
5:14 actually 2000 was a business oriented OS it was never meant for consumers
Xp,7,10,vista ( vista just for visual )
Good list
My Favorite version is 8.1 (with startisback). Because it very stable and run a lot faster than XP/Vista/7/10/11 in the same Pentium 4 with 1GB RAM.
2nd. 2000 Pro. Still, it run stable and faster than any newer version
3rd. 10 (IoT Enterprise LTSC). This version has no bloatware and only have security updates. It faster then Vista/7.
4th. Vista and 7. Slow! It used lot of storage.(clean install used 39GB)
5th. 10(SAC) Bloat, slow, buggy and no privacy.
6th. 11. Too Bloat, too slow, too laggy, ton of bugs, always freeze in right click menu.
Hate: Millennium. ruins everything
No comment of 98 and older cuz never use these before.
Windows 7 🗿 🍷
love windows 7
14:26 But only on SSD
Hi, My name is Jessica but you just call Jessy I have a lot of older games but I don’t have any way to play them on a computer or laptop the can play them because I have a new laptop but I do have a old laptop that I found but I don’t have any idea how install the older games on it like the game Magic theater for example is a way to do that I don’t know if the same system is windows 98 or vista but I think that’s what the game it played on plus the laptop has a quite a few bugs on it so I will need a fix that it’s my grandpa old laptop that I found after he passed away I now I want to make my own laptop even though I have a laptop of my own.. my new laptop is a windows 10.
these ads are bs
Je ne peux pas donner d'avis puisque je fait parti des 15% du sondage PC-Mac-Linux 😀
Windows XP the best
Windows 11 is definently S tier. Why? Ilike the new GUI desig and on my old laptop runs petter than windows 10 (and the lapotp is unsupported)
Windows 11 absolutely A tier, I agree with the rest of your list to a T though.
Windows 8.1 I will give A
Yeah it was improved quite a bit from 8
1. XP was my first OS and this was ❤❤❤❤I love it. without a doubt.
2. Windows 7 also my favourite first I upgraded my self because I fucked up my XP 😢😂😂
3. I didn't really used the first windows 8 build. I only saw it once.
4. 8.1 is beautiful to me too and fluid. Running smooth and fast even on 1gb ram and pentium dual core 😂i still love it.
5. I've no choice to use windows 10 for modern times because it sucks on old pcs so it's both bad and good
6. windows 11 NOOOOOO!!! Not approved
all so is good but ya windows 11 baddddd
yo bro i am also from india
Windows 11 is S-Tier. S as in S---
I still use windows 7 lol
ypu forgot bob,it goes in f+++++tier
The Windows 1.0 startup sound is fake
Windows Vista deserves S Teir
No Windows 3.11 and Windows 95 better than Windows 10??? Yeh, sure...
Nah bro clippy was the worst!
Omg me and you have the same laptop.
Soul mates
@@SurfsharkAcademy 😊 will you marry me? 💍
Did anyone daisy-chain pc’s?
sorry ..just a random comment on daisy-chain’g pc’s.
win 98 reinsttaling 3 times per day lol
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WINDOWS 8 IS S TIER⛳⛳
WINDOWS 10 IS F TIER⛳⛳
@@MicroTechCenterhell nah that you liked windows 8, the OS was a absolute shit hole and a disappointment
@@Blizmogames1337 Wrong
@@Blizmogames1337you are a dissappointment. i bet you didn't even use 8
@@MicroTechCenteri hate you
Windows 10 is S & Windows 11 is F
Shut up windows 10 upon release was good and now it is RUBBISH and windows 11 was bad on launch but now windows 11 23h2 is better
win xp /win 7 was good and win 10 also but win 11 its bad
win10enterpriseiotltsc
Windows 12 in 2024
to lie
no bro go to google and type it will show 2025 windows 12 😥😥😥😥😥😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭
lol this guy is too young to make such a list.