The Tier List Itself (Post No. 8)

 

Updated Windows Tiering (Post No. 7)

     On a past blog post, I did a Windows Tiering from Windows 1.0 to Windows 10, only including every version of Windows from the first version of Windows that would've been desktop release only. So, if you're going to ask, "Where's Server 2003" or some jazz like that... Don't waste your time. Besides, I think Server 2003 would end up being ranked exactly the same as Windows XP, so I doubt it would make much of a difference anyway.

     Instead, the tiering process will be no different as to what has happened the last time I did something like this, with the notable exception of the addition of three new operating systems to the list, but not neccessairly new, unlike the case of Windows 11.

      And the three newcomers are:

-  Microsoft Neptune

-  Microsoft Windows Whistler

-  Microsoft Longhorn

   So, without much further ado, let's actually get into the tiering, since I have spent at least some time exploring some of these beta Windows builds, similar to how I have some minimum experience around Windows 11. Yes, I may have said that I had nothing to say before with Windows 11 (see previous blog post, Post #6.) But, I feel that was just an initial commentary on my experience so far with Windows 11 (and not any other reason.) 

UPDATE: I basically found a tool that I can use to make a tier-making chart of Windows Versions. It does seem a little incomplete for my purposes, so if I need to add some versions - I might. 

Before we continue, however... The tiering ranking has changed from the old version. 

Instead of simply being an S-F tiering...

It is now a SS+ - Z tiering.

SS+ - 10/10 brilliant would recommend I approve.

S - Very Good.

A - Good.

B - Above Average

C - Average

D - Below Average

E - Bad.

F - Very Bad.

Z - It is an unspeakable evil which must be stopped. Tell everyone that it has to be stopped. Tell your friends, tell your family, tell the random person who thinks they have no opinion to get your opinion as theirs to spread the word.

OK, I'll start now. 

Unlike last time, I won't be going through the Windows versions in chronological order, but instead - I will be doing it from SS+ rank down, which means, Windows 98 will be the first entry on the list.

Windows 98 (Rank SS+)

   Windows 98 was probably one of the best release Windows in my opinion, despite my never actually getting to do a whole lot with it in my opinion. Sure, it may be dated, and have a whole bunch of security bugs which can't be patched by the average end user, (which Microsoft assumes that the majority of people that have computing devices are anyway) but, it will always hold a special place in my heart. 

   If you hate nostalgia, please leave this blog. I'm about to literally lower my pants and underwear and then drop steaming hot loads all over modernity. In fact, this almost makes me think of a meme appropriate for this very situation. 

     So, yeah. I know that people may say, "CoMe BaCk tO ThE pReSeNt, NaThAn, ThInGs NoW aReN't AlL tHaT bAd..." but, I say, NO! If I want to relive my childhood while playing the same video games (a lot of) that I would've played during my childhood years, and then maybe discover some more that weren't exactly on my memory lane growing up, but a welcome game for me to play, for sure, then don't think for one second I'm going to put my name on an order for a brand-new, shiny Sony PlayStation 5. If anybody needs me, I'll probably be here getting hopped up on Doritos and Sprite until the sun rises playing Gran Turismo 1 (regardless of region that it was originally released in) and Einhander, and Final Fantasy well- I guess the first nine games, because by the time Square Enix released X, The actual games themselves actually moved to the Sony PlayStation 2.

Windows 3.11 for Workgroups (SS+ Rank)

   Another member of the nostalgia train for me would be Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. It's not exactly a remotely modern OS, but it would be the first Windows that I would use personally. Not my "First" Windows, that would be 95. But, my first Windows that I would use to play such edutainment and pre-school games such as Aladdin's Activity Center and Math Blaster Ages 6-9 in my early youth, and revisiting it later with all the Packard Bell games thanks to the DOSBOX image of the virtual Packard Bell. 

    Not to mention, I always loved listening to music and playing with AudioStation. Which is precisely why I had been trying to source a Packard Bell to just restore the Windows 3.11 or 95 Recovery CD for years and years now. Maybe to just leave modernity behind and just go back to a world where it was all about bicycle riding, hand-holding, and playing games on consoles a few generations behind most of my peers, as opposed to living in the here and now and trying very hard to source a PS5 to play Elden Ring or something like that.

Microsoft Neptune (SS+ Rank)

   Microsoft Neptune is the next version that gets the SS+ rank, due to it being a cancelled version. Or, in other words, a pre-XP Windows 2000 "Home" experience that we could've got, but Microsoft just had to keep the Personal OS as a not out in the open option. I mean, there is [Redacted] out there, you just need to know where to find it. 

Windows 7 (SS+ Rank)

   Despite my thinking I had somehow got the correct logo image for this, Windows 7 is the last "modern" and only "Modern" version of Windows to be on the tier listing. Sure, it is probably two years outdated now, but I don't care. Windows 7 was the version I had built the computer the "Katana" originally to run. I also blocked GWX from installing on the computer because I didn't want to have to deal with a version that would make me physically assault my computer and curse Microsoft for ever having had let see the light of day. Little do you and I know, that it was Windows 11 I should be worried about, not 10. 

Tied for S Rank: Windows 2000 Professional/Windows Whistler

    Windows 2000 Professional was the last of the good Microsoft OS from a time before people started having arguments about the inherent moral low or high ground about [Redacted]. Namely, the gray practice of simply patching activation to prevent Windows from calling home to Redmond to ensure that piracy wasn't being committed. I know this blog may be the next to disappear in the short-term future, and I likely may be moving on in life to other projects, but when I say, Windows Whistler and 2000 Professional are tied for the S rank, I mean it. Especially considering that I have to take some grade off because Whistler was the beta version of what became the most over-rated and memed OS in computing history in the early years of the 21st century. 

Windows 95: (A Rank)

    This version was my first Windows. It'd rank higher, but there is already a 9x version in the list, so I'm going to leave it here. Besides, there will be more added to this list.

Windows 8.1: (A Rank)

    I'm only doing this because some people believe Windows 8.1 wasn't that much of a steaming pile of turds. And, honestly, I'm inclined to agree. I mean, if you use Start8 or ClassicShell, you can bring the old Start menu back, and even use the Start menu from previous versions of Windows. Sure, it was probably not much better than Windows 8, but Windows 8.x was a polarizing series of two operating systems. 

    (Only reason I refuse to tier any version of 8 higher than A is because - well... While some may say Windows 8.x was not "that bad", I say, "I wanted to build a computer, not a phone!" And in addition to that, "What was Microsoft thinking?")

Microsoft Windows, Codename "Longhorn" (A Rank)

  Finally, we look at the final version of Microsoft Windows' Operating system families, which is surprisingly a BETA version of Windows this time, which is Windows Longhorn. Yes, I know it didn't really be intended for public use for longer than a 180 day evaluation basis by people who Microsoft intended to test their software, anyway. 

   But, looking through the Windows Longhorn versions, it actually is interesting to see the transition from Windows XP to Windows Vista. The earliest possible version of Longhorn to get working, actually looks far different than the Vista pre-RTM version, which would probably be the last codename Longhorn version anyway. 

   Of course speaking of XP...

Windows XP (C Rank)

   In this tier list, B gets skipped, and it is placed on C Rank. Windows XP is probably the most over-rated, meme-spurter edgelord OS in all of computing history. While Windows 11, Microsoft's newest OS is causing the once popular OS behemoth to slowly fade into obscurity, and onto the history books where it belongs, then the reason I refuse to grade it a worse grade than C or better for that matter, is because - Monopoly Tycoon. And I already said that I won't be installing Monopoly Tycoon on Windows 11, because I already know that the performance and app behavior will be the exact same as it would have been from Windows Vista to Windows 10, anyway. Perhaps somewhat worse.

Windows 8 (C Rank)

  Windows 8... Yeah, I know people might not like me disliking it, but I can't say I love it either, since if I had spent time using 8, it would've been under 8.1, not 8 itself. 

Windows 3.0 & Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions 1.0, Tied for C Rank

   Windows 3.0 and Multimedia Extensions are both tied for C Rank due to them being essentially the same Operating System, with the exclusion of the latter having sound compatibility with Windows 3.0 right out of the box, where as Windows 3.0 was just another graphical shell over MS-DOS similar to how Windows 1.0 and 2.0 were. 

Windows 1.0 and 2.0 - Tied for C Rank

   Because they are essentially the same, save for some minor adjustments, then Windows 1.0 and 2.0 also tie with each other for C Rank in this tier. End of argument, end of discussion, end of story, see you later.

Windows 10 - Final C Rank Operating System

   Many have said that Windows 10 was the "last" Windows, and in the context of this blog's listing of C-Rank Operating Systems, the same is also true. But, because of this, the next OS to be added to the tier will be getting D Rank, which isn't good, but it isn't terrible either. 

Windows Vista - D RANK

   Okay, so here is the final logo OS that I managed to find. Windows Vista, or "Pissta" as I had referred to it in my immature mind is what made me temporarily defect from the Microsoft OS camp to the macOS environment. Windows 7 is what brought me back, but I have a feeling that I will probably flee for good to the Linux wilderness in the somewhat near future since Windows 11 may be the OS to do that. More on this later. 

Ok, now that I have pretty much all of the major operating systems that I can possibly find the images of the logos for on one list, it's time to talk about some honorable and dishonorable mentions both before I finally do add the last piece of the puzzle so to speak. Although I may not be exactly be keeping with the Microsoft pattern as a rule here, I will likely also add the NT clone which has been in alpha since forever. 

Honorable Mention #1: ReactOS 

   This is the NT clone I was talking about. If I could've found a logo for this list (perhaps a tier 2.0 might be in order to include it there?) Then it would probably be occupying a spot on B, despite not really being Windows or Linux-based, but something like the former thing it is not, and written from scratch besides. 

Honorable Mention #2: SigmaOS

   This would probably tie with "Windows Longhorn" due to it just being another fork of Windows Longhorn, and not really its own original OS. 

Honorable Mention #3: Windows NT 4.0 Workstation

    Due to it being the "NT" version of Windows 95, It would have shared the row with ReactOS. Again, something to consider for a 2.0 tier if and when I finally get around to making that tier.

Dishonorable Mentions #1, 2, 3: The "Cancelled" Windows Operating Systems

  Some startup sound compilers have found other "Cancelled" Windows OS which aren't exactly Microsoft Neptune. Since I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any of these programs, then they all would be occupying both ranks E and F. 

Dishonorable Mention #4: Windows Millennium Edition

   Basically something which should have never seen the light of day, and people should've just stayed with 98 in the home computer world until XP. I mean, sure, if you had the right hardware Millennium Edition would run beautifully - but if not, then you would probably be always having crashing troubles. Not really the best transition from 98 to XP. If you really needed to have it transfer from 98 to XP that bad, you probably should have waited until 2001 for Microsoft to drop Windows XP. 

   Millenium Edition gets F.

Dishonorable Mention #5: Windows NT 3.5x Workstation

   Basically the NT version of 3.x for Workgroups. Not really much interesting, unless you want to log into Program Manager every time you start Windows for productivity work.

    Rank F!

So, we've saved something for last.

Windows 11 (Rank Z)

  Yeah, hate me if you want, but I believe Windows 11 is just Rank Z. If experienced computer technicians believe that the right to repair will be put on the history book notes of the future, then Windows 11 isn't exactly a perfect OS, but then again I never said anything about perfection. 

   Windows 11 will DEFINITELY be the last version of Windows for me, despite the claims Microsoft made with Windows 10. 

   TPM + Secure Boot are also making me want to leave.

   May the world that came up with Windows 11 come to a swift, sudden end. May that end happen before Microsoft is allowed to make Windows subscription-only, which in theory may be a good thing since it will supposedly prevent software piracy, but not everyone will be able to afford the subscription charge of $XX.99 a month to rent the OS key to their specific device, whether the device was purchased from an OEM vendor such as ASUS, DELL, or HP, or built from "custom" the ground up. 

   I know tools can't be inherently good or evil, which is what TPM + Secure Boot essentially are. But, I do know that this is just the case of the frog being boiled in the pan. If you put a frog in a pot of hot water, it will just jump out. But, if you put it in a pan of cold water and slowly have the heat come up, the frog will slowly die. 

 

My Unbiased Thoughts on Windows 11 (Post No. 6)

     Okay, so this blog post is just my completely unbiased thoughts of Windows 11 so far. I wasn't paid by Microsoft to write this, and I wasn't kidnapped or held for ransom to write this, or even had the same happen to any one of my family members where the ransom is I must give the honest answer about what I think about Microsoft Windows 11 so far, and whether or not this version of Windows is better than any of the "nostalgic" versions of Windows that I have used in the past, when they were the "current" versions of Windows, such as 3.11, 95, 98, NT 3.x-5.0, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, or even 10 for that matter.

Part 1. The Logo

    Well, what can I say about the logo design? It's very flat for one thing. I guess it can no longer be said that it looks like a flag anymore, unlike the versions of Microsoft's OS which preceded it, which can/cannot be a good thing? I know that it seems like I probably didn't really say anything nice about the logo, but unfortunately I can't say anything bad about it, either. Because do you have something to say about it? Because I sure don't.

Part 2. The General UI Experience

 

     Unless you bought your shiny new Windows 11 rig from an OEM, such as Acer, DELL or another fine computer manufacturer provided you didn't buy a Microsoft Surface, this Desktop configuration will likely greet you at your first boot. [Totally Not Illegal Method of Software Installation Redacted]. 

    However, unlike the version of Microsoft Windows which immediately preceded it, Windows 11 obviously has gone back to the "One device to rule them all", approach again, which means Microsoft is trying to get as many people to use touch-screen devices as possible, and leave their fat fingers off the dang keyboard. Of course, not everyone will buy a touch-screen laptop since not everyone wants to. I mean, sure, some will get touch-screen devices, but that's just it. Touch screens aren't ideal for everyone and their dog. Some people feel that in order to be able to use their existing monitors with their new rig, the tower computer desktop has to have not gone into the pages of the history books.

    And, of course, for me personally, I haven't yet been tempted to install a new UI which overwrites the default Windows 11 "New" Environment, so, I'm going to say, once you figure out how to move the Start button to the bottom-left of the desktop screen like it had been ever since back in 95, Windows 11's environment hasn't been all that much of a learning curve versus Windows 10.

    Of course, the Start menu design looks somewhat better than 10's. I mean, it's not like many of the annoying things that existed in 10's ever really went away - but, I can't say that the Start Menu design for Windows 11 is a one-night stand result between a Linux desktop distribution's environment and the Windows 8 screen. It's actually more like a constant steady relationship between the Linux desktop environment and Windows XP's desktop environment. Also, I believe that the atomsmasher Error Generator is permanently gone, so no more creating fake Windows Errors of the most over-rated Windows version in all existence, Windows XP. Windows XP's final nail in the coffin has been made, so to Windows XP I say, "Rest in Piss, Forever Miss." and probably only make sure that it only lives on in either virtualization or machines built specifically for the purpose of running one game only and the title in question is --- Monopoly Tycoon. I mean, I tried running it on 10, and it pretty much ran the same as it did on Vista - 8.1, so I don't think I'll bother wasting my time running that old strategy game from the '90s on my shiny new laptop.

    Another thing which I'm happy about with Windows 11. No more Internet Explorer. To be absolutely clear - Internet Explorer was a relic of a browser from a much more caveman, and primitive, and simpler time. Internet Explorer, despite it being a browser for most of the 90's and 00's, ended up being the butt of many memes, so much so, that when Microsoft noticed that not very many people had history lists longer than a page and it was just for use of downloading another browser, which for years before Microsoft Edge even entered the scene would have been either Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Opera, that Microsoft had to make a new browser just to kill off Internet Explorer. Of course, not everyone will have been using Edge as their one & only Internet Browser, so Microsoft having done this development of a browser in 10 to carry over to 11 as the only default - Really changed nothing. So, I am going to say, "good job on accomplishing nothing."

    It almost makes me want to say that if they really thought they could get me to dump Firefox from being my browser of choice - (And some people's other preferred browsers from their choices) they failed that task.

        But, on another positive note... There is the return of the Startup Sound, which isn't very memorable or meme-worthy unlike Windows XP's, so I guess I might as well say, "Good job." And chalk that as one point in Microsoft's favor to get another shot of having an OS which isn't going to make me want to hate it right out of the box.

    Like, remember when I said in my opinion Windows 10 was the OS of the year of 2020? Well, Windows 11 doesn't get that distinction, which is actually a good thing once you think about it. It actually is probably going to be the OS of the year until the next big thing from Microsoft comes, or subscription-based Windows ever becomes a thing and subscription-based Windows will have a harder time trying to become an "OS" of the year any year.

   So, in other words... tl;dr about the Windows 11 user experience:

- Greatly improved overall all-around experience vs. Windows 10.

- Internet Explorer, Rest in piss forever miss.

- This OS has a startup sound?

- I have absolutely nothing to say about the Windows 11 logo. Mainly because it looks like a window more than older versions of Windows.

Of course, nothing is perfect because nobody's perfect...

Part 3. Oh, come on! No version of Windows before has required these Security Measures.

    Prior to the release of Windows 11, no version of Windows before required both the Trusted Platform Module 2.0 + Secure Boot. However, this likely is a new feature in Windows 11 (& not a bug unfortunately) and will likely be here to stay for Windows versions in the future if and when Micro$oft actually do make newer versions of Micro$oft Windows past 11 like there is now. 

    This basically means older hardware which has none of those features shouldn't theoretically be able to run Windows 11, but then again - it probably is not going to matter since most of these older devices will either be running Linux of some fork if the person that bought the older device is savvy enough, or probably at some e-waste center to be condemned to die since every microchip and other part on it has operationally failed anyway. 

    Or, certain other machines that had been made with older pre-10 OS in mind would be better utilized powering an Arcade system instead of doing productive things, and not be running an OS except an arcade fork ever again. I mean, before you say, a PC is overkill for an arcade cabinet, then if you ever look at the underside of an arcade cabinet, chances are you will find some things that desktop computers and home computers are powered by. Just like how stock cars (for the time being) have the same Internal Combustion Engine, that a lot of passenger cars had from the dawn of the technology of the automobile until Electronic Fuel Injection became a common standard for most automotive engines.

    Of course, it's often been said that the future will only have electric cars, due to the concerns with the environment, so, the last of the ICE cars are going to be like the Tyrannosaurus Rex at the end of the dinosaur age -- doomed, but going to fight until the very end.

    Do I think less of Windows 11 for requiring TPM + Secure Boot? YES! Does that mean I won't use it? ...

(The above GIF is your answer to that question. Now stop bothering me already.) 

   Before I proceed much further on today's blog post, I must first spend some time talking about "Secure Boot." first of all. What is "Secure Boot?" 

The UEFI 2.3.1 Errata C specification (or higher) defines a protocol known as Secure Boot, which can secure the boot process by preventing the loading of UEFI drivers or OS boot loaders that are not signed with an acceptable digital signature. The mechanical details of how precisely these drivers are to be signed are not specified.^[61] When Secure Boot is enabled, it is initially placed in "setup" mode, which allows a public key known as the "platform key" (PK) to be written to the firmware. Once the key is written, Secure Boot enters "User" mode, where only UEFI drivers and OS boot loaders signed with the platform key can be loaded by the firmware. Additional "key exchange keys" (KEK) can be added to a database stored in memory to allow other certificates to be used, but they must still have a connection to the private portion of the platform key.^[62] Secure Boot can also be placed in "Custom" mode, where additional public keys can be added to the system that do not match the private key.^[63]

Secure Boot is supported by Windows 8 and 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2, Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022, and Windows 11, VMware vSphere 6.5^[64] and a number of Linux distributions including Fedora (since version 18), openSUSE (since version 12.3), RHEL (since version 7), CentOS (since version 7^[65]), Debian (since version 10),^[66] and Ubuntu (since version 12.04.2).^[67] As of January 2017, FreeBSD support is in a planning stage.^[68] 

 ^{(Definition from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#Secure_Boot)}

   ^{Did you get all that? Basically it's a part of the UEFI that stops digitally unsigned alternative operating systems from even being allowed to execute. Although Windows 8 - 10 would work just fine on a system with "Secure Boot" switched off and kept off, Windows 11 on the other hand, absolutely needs secure boot, however as a consequence of Secure Boot, a shorter list of OS can only be run on Secure Boot. So, don't decide you're going to spend $1,000+ on your shiny new DELL and hope to be able to put a version of Linux which primarily isn't Fedora, (version 18 or later), OpenSuse (since version 12.3), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (since version 7.0), CentOS (since Version 7.0), or Debian (since version 10.0), or Ubuntu (12.04.2 or later), which is not digitally signed.}

  ^{Which I guess if you wanted to run Windows 11, that would be just fine. But, say if you wanted to run a different fork of Linux which doesn't have the required digital signature to allow you in, then tough luck since Secure Boot will not allow you to do it, and you might as well just say if it was an OS-based emulator front-end, download the software for Windows to use instead.}

^{Part 4. Productivity.}

   ^{Although some people will be using Windows 11 for productivity quite seriously in the real world, I personally doubt it will be very useful for me personally. Why? Well, for starters - Windows 11 is 64-bit only, which if all the productivity hardware that I needed to run ran on 64-bit hardware just fine; then I would have no reason to require 32-bit OS to run the programs that would have no modern 64-bit versions available.} 

    ^{However, thanks to the existence of a program on my personal network which actually does require "32-bit hardware..." then keeping it somewhat maintained & working may prove to be a herculean task now, considering that working parts aren't easy items to come by which may be remotely compatible with 32-bit hardware, which means I'll probably need to try to find a way to find the 32-bit compatible components, which might make the task while I still have the means to find 32-bit hardware to run my 32-bit software and what not for the time being a Herculean task. If I must run 64-bit software to be secure trying to function with sign shop equipment, I might as well just cut my losses, sell off all the equipment at a loss before the equipment seizers come to permanently remove it off my hands for free, and that would only be if finding 32-bit hardware capable software would be a Sisyphsusian task to get working.}

   ^{And then there's the question of my eventual career change from merely a museum volunteer to something else that might not require so much commuting time - I do not wish to be employed by a Disability Day Program which doesn't do desk work.} 

   ^{I think it's time I leave the walled cloud garden of Windows behind once and for all, and start learning to live without certain digital functionality. (e.g., the ability to run tablet apps natively using the Microsoft Store. I mean, it's probably possible to virtualize it if I absolutely need such things in my life.)} 

    And I, unlike some nerds on this planet, do believe the "penguin" is actually the only choice I have left for a computer OS since I don't like Apple's sudden change in direction from being a computer company to a fashion accessory manufacturer, and Windows becoming entirely all subscription-based isn't really going to make me a very happy camper either, so there really only is one final, tertiary option that is neither a window nor an apple, but rather, a penguin. 

^{(And I don't care if you think me saying "Penguin" all the time means I'm a fan of a Batman villain. I'm not necessarily a DC Comics reader. I do use my phone/tablet to read comics, but I use the free comic app called WebToon. It's a great useful little program for times I have to go to the doctor's office so I can have something to read since I can't exactly go to the Doctor's Office anymore to read the old magazines since there haven't been any there since the COVID Pandemic of '20.)} 

    ^{I'm also not going to be editing any slideshows using a Microsoft XBOX system. Don't even bother asking me to do so, since I'm not going to. If you want my vacation photos from this year so damn much, I'll probably just save them on a memory stick for you to see them all and probably not use Clipchamp which is a video editor which costs money. I'm probably going to want to use OpenStep which, like Clipchamp is a video editor, but it's free. As in you can pay donations for it if you want, but I don't get annoying ads or stupid messages in the inbox saying how excited they are to have me on the mailing list to use.} 

^{Part 5. Finale - Overall}

   ^{Overall, Windows 11 isn't that bad. Well, why would I say it isn't bad? In fact, since I've used it, on this computer it has run absolutely smooth as peanut butter as absolutely possible. And even if Windows 11 was disappointing or bad in any way, shape or form, I believe that it's actually so bad that it's good in a way. How is that even possible?} 

   ^{Well, I believe that Windows 11 has a type of "balance" that the other versions of Windows prior to 11 failed to have. How so? Well, Windows 11 had all the features that versions such as XP and Vista have had since forever, and maybe a better version of Windows 8's activation, which has carried over from Windows 10. Although the days of using the Windows Classic Themes are probably long gone, I personally don't mind seeing the rounded design again, and I believe it is probably a nod to one of the most meme-lord edgeboi overrated Operating Systems of Micro$oft's history, Windows XP.} 

   ^{However, unlike Windows 10, Windows 11 will probably be the "LAST" version of Windows I will be using. I know I've probably said this about 10, but Windows 11 will likely be considered the last version of Microsoft Windows that I ever find useful. It's unclear if & when Microsoft will ever devise a Windows 12, but my hope is that I will have long since moved on from Redmond's Operating System environments to one that isn't going to threaten to perhaps send people to my house to come break my legs if I do dare try an alternative operating system (Disclaimer: That bit about breaking legs may be a joke.)} 

    ^{Or, rather, if the memes are how the lawyers are accurately depicted - an OS that if I'm caught having pirated it and resold it to someone, that the IP company will be having their legal team sue me for everything out of my life savings, and then sue my children and my children's children for the entirety of their incomes, and seeing as I have no human children claimed now - probably make some sort of arrangements that I get to have the children to sue the income out of me in the first place. (Disclaimer: This bit is also a joke, even though it might have incorporated a little bit of dark humor.)} 

    ^{OK, I think I've carried this long enough. So, all I have to say now is: The next post after this one will be an updated Windows Tier Ranking.} 

  

 

Account Deletion List, Spring 2022 (Post No.5)

    I'll just write a short post tonight since I figured I don't want to spend a ton of time writing an essay of a post on this blog as opposed to a few short paragraphs.

    Now, you're aware that in August 2021, I permanently deleted my Facebook account for the reasons of mental health, and it was probably being a very negative drain on my personal sanity. And of course, now that it's gone, I realize that I am no less connected to the world than when I had the Facebook account anyway. 

   RP with someone? Well, find someone that's willing to spend the time and I'll certainly do that. Make friends? I'll keep my friend-meeting analog but I'll keep both on-and-offline friends open to have some sort of common interest. I don't care about your race, I'm not worried about your ethnicity, I just want to have a common interest with you. If it exists, great, we can be friends. If not, don't waste my time and stay out of my life until Kingdom come and hopefully you don't get destroyed at the end of the world. If you are, well... Rest in piss forever miss, and if not, I hope to go find somewhere far away from you to live to build a house there to go live in and hope that we never meet at any point. Kind of defeats the purpose of pursuit of peace, but if us not crossing paths became a necessity for it, then so be it. 

   Buy/Sell something? I'll Kijiji it (For folks outside Canada, it's a specific Craigslist to our neck of the woods), and if it's not too expensive, buy it on eBay and have it shipped to me from somewhere in the world, or even from Amazon or some other store online front, even if I have to go to the brick-and-mortar store where there's not too much of a guarantee I'll find the thing I specifically want. 

  Hear the unwanted drama that made me leave Facebook in the first place? Well, on the odd chance I'm on the Kings Transit bus headed eastbound to Kentville or westbound from Kentville back to Greenwood some person (male or female) comes on the bus with mental problems that they then voice out loud to the hearing of the bus driver about how people need to make more friends, share more, and not be worried about essentially some super-flu that was first discovered because someone had ordered the special bat soup three years ago this November. 

   My point is - I'm a lot better off without Facebook in my life, and I feel that being out of that tire fire may have done my mental psyche some incredible good in the long run. I will likely be deleting the account that I had put on Twitter associated with my gmail address, since I feel that since I have a discord account for what I was intending to use it for, it would likely save time if I don't use this Twitter account simultaneously with the cringe account that I said I was going to delete when something else happened, or my new account which as of right now, deletion is kind of indeterminate, since I know how, but if I feel I really gotta go... Then I gotta go... I'm not going to announce my departure or BS to the world. 

   To be honest, it's times like these where the old Buddy Wasisname song plays back the line about cutting out the boob tube and the phone, and telling the whole world that I've left home. And I have a feeling it will probably become more tempting of a prospect to do as the final go-around of this world suddenly devolves into the apocalypse no one will see coming and everyone will be running for their lives and stuff will happen faster than they can process mentally or physically.

Some Wonderful Re-Installation Adventures With The "Claymore" (Post No. 4)

    Last post, I talked about how I had some issues with the Claymore in regard to not having an accessible boot partition and how that would make me feel like hiding my angry face behind a photo of a smiling one. 

   Now however, I'm having such a bad day with the stupid thing that I feel like I want to crawl into a hole... Or bed, because I'm already wishing it was 21:59 ADT. 

   So, let me tell you a bit more about what's up, and why I feel this way.

Exhibit A: Re-Installing Windows Dix and Attempting to Put Back a Linux Partition

   What I thought was supposed to happen was that Windows 10 would be quite content to re-install itself to my AMD Radeon SSD 240.0GB which I had the OS installed to originally, and then just leave the 1.0TB Seagate Drive (FireCuda) 100% free for use as the Linux partition drive. 

   However, what I didn't realize, that this new re-installation of Windows 10 decided to take space from the drive to use as "System Reserved." Oops. And keep it virtually inaccessible for me to use as the partition I wanted it to use in the first place. >:( 

  Like, why did I think it would be a good idea to dual-boot Microsoft Windows and Linux? Oh, yeah... Now I know. As the 2020s continue on, I'm considering leaving the Windows ecosystem for good, and doing everything, work and play, I do on the computer in the Linux land outside the society regulated by MIKRSFT. 

  Of course, now I'm probably going to consider choosing to have a work computer (+ 1 Zoom Computer, which I'm going to talk about later) running Linux, and I can just hopefully call it a day and maybe kick my feet up & relax a little bit from this stress, decompressing myself as much as possible.

  Oh well, at least I'm going to have to only look at the Windows(R) Taskbar 50% of the time I'm on my PC anyway. And as far as "work" goes, I don't want to use an interface which doesn't look overly professional, or aesthetically pleasing. I mean sure - Tablet interface does look good, but in reality, only on a "tablet computer." Not a desktop or laptop that is non touch-screen and the screen doesn't come off. Anyone who subscribes to the doctrines of minimalism can hate me for my choice there if they want - just that I think it's pointless to have to click in the middle of the taskbar instead of the bottom-left. Just the same as I always have had since 1995, and on a computer of my own since 2002, although my first PC ran an OS which was new in 1995. 

Exhibit B: The New Zoom Computer 

  I ordered a computer which was an older model DELL tower from eBay with the intention of turning it into my brand-new Zoom computer. As for the old one? I think I'll probably just retire it to spend the rest of its life powering a virtual arcade machine inside a customized cabinet complete with its own marquee, monitor built right into the cabinet, and speakers mounted permanently into the cabinet for sound. 

  Of course, the computer has yet to arrive - so I need a standby solution until it actually does turn up, so I'm probably going to have to tinker with something to get it running Zoom for me primarily in the meantime. 

Exhibit C: Sure, now it matters if you're a PC or a Mac...                    ...But times are soon coming in the future where                      none of that stuff will be IMPORTANT EVER AGAIN!    

  Traditionally, it mattered whether you had a PC (Windows computer) or a Mac (Apple Macintosh computer), and for a while, I felt like I belonged in the other group. But thanks to me being permanently located 17 exits too west of a Starbucks and 4-7 exits too west of a fair trade cafe (or maybe 1 or more too east) the only choices for specialty coffee are located either in the McDonald's (which the Greenwood one is apparently having a renovation done on it) Tim Hortons (which until the 2020 COVID Pandemic was in the Greenwood Mall; I've pretty much decided I'm just going to give up the travel mugs I bought from that store to my parents since keeping them around is some sort of bad juju or something), or if I was desperate and in a pinch, the local convenience store, which as of April 2022, and to my knowledge, both are located in convenience stores located inside petrol stations. One being the petrol station Needs in the vicinity of the Sobeys supermarket, and the other being an Irving Mainway. 

  I'm old enough to remember when the Macintosh computers probably looked like this:

 Or this:

 Or, some other modern Mac design from the G3 iMac down to the M1 iMac, which essentially hasn't changed (much) from the design of the G5 iMac which would be later recycled in a different shell color scheme with brushed aluminum and metal.

  But, in my opinion (even if it's wrong) all Mac products available in the 2020s computer market, even if in time, more people choose to rent these fruit-based computers instead of outright purchasing these pieces of equipment, are just nothing but "fashion accessories." And, no, I'm not talking about the old ones - whether they were commercial successes of their time, or unloved commercial flops which are collector's items on auction sites... 

  I respect my elders enough to not say they are pretentious, even if a Macintosh TV from the 1990s would be considered a fashion accessory/ collector's item. Even if I find one at the right price, or something, I'll probably take good care of it. 

  But any of the Apple computers where in a very past blog post I said, if you had them, I will laugh at you (I only focused on the iMac/Mac Mini/Mac Pro desktop and MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptop computers - since if you use an iPad, I'm just going to laugh at you regardless) they are all fashion accessories. 

  Of course, at the present time, I've decided that I do not feel that Windows 11 nor the current version of macOS will serve my computing needs for anything serious productivity-wise in my opinion. Why? Well, when I was learning to try to start a sign shop business out of the back room of my house (it hasn't really gotten very far off the ground yet, in case you ask) I've learned a lot more about the technology I use for powering that business. 

1. Even though this does not "technically" pertain to matters of sign business ins and outs at the day's start & end, spinning drive computers take forever to start:

 Of course, this is a combination of a number of factors. This includes such things as (1.) The computer's age, (2.) How much RAM the computer has allocated to the OS of booting choice, (3.) How much space is on the hard drive partition of OS of boot choice, regardless of how big or small it is, (4.) The "brain" of the computer, or the CPU, which is the microprocessor of the unit, (5.) Future-proofing. 

  We'll look at these one at a time, starting with the computer's age.

(1.) The computer's age

 While I can't exactly expect to start a business with all new equipment anyway, and having to borrow money against the purchase or finance of new equipment is kind of ill advised upon by financial experts that would prefer I didn't go too far underwater in this business venture, the computer's age is important. Like, how old is the actual computer as a whole, and that is defined by the components, and other factors. Older computers may be required to run the 32-bit software that some software requires, which basically means 64-bit software is pretty much out of the question anyway. 

  However, the older the computer itself and all components is, the more likely I'm going to see reliability issues on at least several, if not all of the components. 

(2.) How much RAM the computer has allocated to the Operating System of boot-up choice

 Although age is important in determining how old a computer used in productivity work is going to perform day-in, day-out, something equally important is RAM. It was believed in the 1980s commonly that 640K ought to be enough for anybody. However, the 640K gradually grew to MB, and as of right now, it is in to the GB range.

  512MB was considered a lot in the late 1990s early turn of the millennium, but was considered average by the middle of the 2000s, and below average by the 2010s, and likely abandonware by the present day. 

  This is usually because the minimum working configuration is 4GB, considering most work computers online and working today have 64-bit operating systems. 

  You should probably notice a somewhat more noticeable boost in speed on a system with more RAM, and a somewhat more decrease in speed on a system with less.

(3.) How much space is on the hard drive of the boot partition of the Operating System choice

 Another factor to consider is how much space does my computer have on the hard drive of the boot partition of my Operating System of choice? 

  This is important, since whether you have a mechanical "spinning" drive, or SSD, regardless of what type of boot media you have inside the computer's chassis for it to load the OS software it needs to first, how full it is might consider how long the OS takes to boot, or to literally do anything at all. 

  If 25% - 50% of the hard drive is full, then you should be doing just fine. Any more than that, and you may need to either consider deleting some stuff, or upgrading your drive storage to something a bit larger.

  If you do use the Microsoft Windows operating system on your PC of choice, however, you can download utilities such as CrystalDiskInfo to diagnose your system's hard drive.

If you want to download CrystalDiskInfo for Hard Disk and SSD information, as well as benchmark software for performance test info on your hard drive, click this line of text.

  (Mac and Linux users will need to use tools specific for Mac OS and Linux, however.)

(4.) The "brain" of the computer, or the CPU/microprocessor.

  We'll talk about what is referred to as the "brain" of the computer, or the CPU, sometimes referred to as the microprocessor. 

  For people with little or no knowledge of CPUs, the acroynm CPU stands for Central Processing Unit. It is usually on the motherboard, and although for years, traditionally, the majority of computers sold were either Intel or AMD, or Advanced Micro Devices chips, thanks to Apple Computer developing their own CPU for use of Macs of this generation, the M Series, people who want to actually buy computers should know that the only CPUs that mean anything are either Intel or AMD. If you buy an Apple computer with the M1 or other M Chip, you aren't buying a computer, but a fashion accessory. You know what? I take that back! People who buy Apple Computers manufactured in this age shouldn't be buying any equipment at all, they should just rent for however long they need to rent the device for, and when their rental period is over - give it back to the rental company from which they rented it from. Sure, it might seem like glorified borrowing, but if that's the direction culture is headed in, nobody buy any more Apple devices - just rent them all instead! >:( 

  Anyway...

  If you're wanting to buy the computer based on an Intel or AMD chip, you should know that the higher the number the CPU has on the series, generally the faster the processor is going to end up being. The lower the number, the slower the computer, and the higher the number, the faster the computer.

(5.) Future-proofing

 Although no computer hardware lasts forever, especially so if you do choose to use a fashion accessory Apple device, you have to realize that computers reaching the end of their serviceable life, whether by hardware or software, you have to realize that the big two of Operating Systems, Microsoft and Apple, with their Microsoft Windows and macOS operating systems do not expect you to keep using the maximum version of their software that would've been fine 5 or 10 or more years ago in the present day. 

  Like, although the MacBook Pro 15" from 2010 with the Intel Core i5 processor, with 4.00GB of RAM, and a 320.0 gigabyte hard drive (The OS may actually report less depending on drive format, and how you have the partition set up), may have been an amazing computer back in its day, age has finally caught up with it, and the max macOS 10.13 "High Sierra" is now officially obsolete, however if you really want to use it for a Microsoft Windows machine, you're still good until 2025, considering Windows 10 is the max OS it will work in Boot Camp. (I tested 11 on it so you don't have to, and all 11 did was crash with the boot camp drivers and keep throwing up the WDF_DEVICE_VIOLATION stop error on the screen of death which isn't exactly very blue anymore) 

  This means that my MacBook Pro 15" mid-2010 model is obviously past its prime, and the next stop for it in life once everything does finally quit on it, is the great repair shop in the sky. And no, unless you use a VM, you cannot install Linux on the computer natively anymore, although I remember pretty much being able to be used to do that. It sucks, but that's unfortunately how the APPLE rots.

  So, if you want a more sustainable use experience, then Microsoft Windows is clearly out of the question, since the current version will only likely be supported until a version of Windows two in the future or more depending on the version, is released by Microsoft.

  And, since I've probably already told people over and over & over again how I feel about Apple devices until it makes their ears bleed and their mind play that feeling I have like a broken record, this likely means I won't be shelling out any amount of money to purchase a brand new MacBook with the Apple Sillycon chip when the one I have now quits on me, or even rent one for that matter, because unless the next person to rent the same one I did with the exact same specifications & everything is one of my foes, then I wouldn't wish the Apple M1 chip hardware on anybody.

  So, that really only leaves the tertiary and final option, Linux. Now, while some nerds I know may not want me to do anything on Linux, I've pretty much decided that I don't feel like I'm afraid of them, and I kind of already know my way around the kernel pretty familiarly. And, considering how the Linux kernel is constantly changing, and the update is always supposedly going to go to the absolute latest version of Linux, then I'm pretty much sold on the idea of not throwing out my computer unless everything breaks on it.

  In a way, having a kind of setup like this for a "business" computer, in my mind - is sort of a win-win sort of thing for me, even if I decide that if the punishing government that wants to punish people who want to enterprise their own business from the ground up effectively later, and still have a work computer for other office type careers where I'll probably continue to work until the completion of the ride of the Biblical Revelation "four horsemen of the apocalypse", due to me selling off all my other business equipment on a Friday for cheap cheap cheap, then, I think I know the answer to my computing life for the balance of this decade.

Linux for work...

Windows for play...

And macOS can just $%#@ off!!

 

2. So what about the Claymore?

  Well, if you're still here, which I suppose if you enjoy a long read, and are still reading this, then I suppose you are, I think you know what I'm planning to do this afternoon - (or at the very least what I have left of it.) 

  I'm going to probably try re-installing the Linux OS for the desktop work (again) and then I'm going to install Batocera all over again from the ground up, and I'll even have the ROM storage drive be back to the purpose of that again since I'm going to probably still want to have it be that virtual arcade machine when I do finally retire it from writing LibreOffice documents on it for good. This means I'll probably work on making the arcade cabinet for it (or at least the beginning) around sometime mid-May.

Note to self: Unless you intentionally want to make your computer **** its pants, don't intentionally install the Terminal Mod, "Suicide Linux." (Post No. 3)

 Seriously. Just don't. 

You'll save yourself a whole lot of grief, and if you really want to be keeping yourself entertained in some twisted fashion during a boring ass conference, you'd be better off sticking to the rabbit (wabbit) virus fork bomb in Linux, just to see how much your i5 can take before things start freezing and the only way out is to press the reset button on your PC's case, if it has one, or if it has the Power button only, holding it in with your finger for a few seconds, waiting for the drives to spin down if they are mechanical, waiting for the fans to stop spinning, (I don't think there's anything you need to do while you wait for your SSDs to stop running) and then start everything right back up again.

Not that I advise doing that (intentionally) either.

Remember the Claymore which I tore a new butthole in the previous blog post, "Things I Hated About The Claymore, Post No# 2?" 

Apparently I like an idiot decided it would be kind of entertaining in some sort of macabre way to have Suicide Linux and try to combo it with a fork bomb. Sadly, I think the consequences caused the grub partition which Linux populated to be gone forever. But then again, I don't think I need to remember 2020 anymore anyway - it was a very horrible year... 

I mean, if anything, this gives me an excuse to completely "factory reset" the PC from the standpoint of a typical owner who is paranoid. Namely, the re-installation of the OS (Particularly Microsoft Windows and Ubuntu-Linux), the restore of pretty much all the games and files that I had lost (Might not be a shit idea to somehow get a hard drive or SSD big enough installed in my RedEye so I can take my steam library on the go) and I'm probably not going to bother pairing my Bluetooth controller with the Claymore again, probably pairing it with this computer for joystick gaming at home, but probably wanting a wired controller separate for when I need to be on the go gaming - which seems pointless, but in my mind it seems like a brilliant idea.

Because of this, I'm going to be factory reinstalling the OS 

(Windows) - Don't tie a local account to this. Just don't.                        (& this time - stay the fuck out of Insider Preview                 and do not install Windows 11. You built it as a 10                 system, so you're retiring it as a 10 system.) 

(Linux) - Initially, install it using OEM configuration. Then, when             you reboot to the desktop the first time after                      installation, press, "Prepare for shipment to end user." 

If my camera and mic work in Windows, then I will likely be ignoring the Linux partition, since I plan on retiring this computer soon, and since I plan on not keeping it as a productivity PC, I'm going to get rid of it, considering the larger form factor is considerably overkill for the job I want it for. (Basically, it's the equivalent of playing the Gran Turismo Sunday Cup with a LM Racer - yes, it's possible to do it, but the real questions you should ask if you think about doing it - are why? What's the point? And if I can do it with a Castrol Tom's Supra, then why don't I just do it with the Toyota MA70 Supra, or a AE86 Corolla?) 

So, in conclusion - don't be an idiot and decide to brick your computer with "Suicide Linux." 

It's not worth it.

You'll pull your hair out and scream if you have it happen to you if you know how to recover it. 

You'll literally pluck every follicle of hair from your scalp and scream twice as loud if you have it happen to you if you don't know how to recover it. 

Things I hate about my computer which I called "The Claymore" (Post No. 2)

    Well, I've been using this computer for nearly two years now, and I'm already seriously considering pasturing this thing. Either that, or putting it up for sale to the highest bidder who's willing to have a computer that they didn't build with a blanked out install of Windows and Linux dual-booting on the same PC considering that my parents may kind of accuse me of wanting to recycle something that still runs like a relative clock.

    Of course, there are some things that make me unhappy and discontent with this particular computer, and if I get one to replace the spot that this particular PC served in my life - - then I'm going to have to maybe not get such a chonky desktop tower next time. Considering that in order to use it, it has to be plugged into AC mains tower at all times. 365 1/4 days of the year, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all days of the month of 12 months. 

    Let's get to why I despise this computer so much that unlike when I had worked so hard to build it in 2020 - I don't think it'll be the right fit for me in 2022 or further.

1. I have the wrong motherboard in this PC: When I was planning all throughout 2019 to build this computer, I was intending to use a lower-end gaming motherboard not made by a company which three years later bleeding heart liberals would want me to not give any money to so as to make sure "the right side of history being written" doesn't lose to "the wrong side of history being written". And this lower-end motherboard was one where it had a built in Graphics so that I would need the AMD chip that would be useful for onboard graphics (with graphics chipset) - and on top of that, the board I ended up with ended up having a GPU pulled out of a cousin's old Alienware PC which proved to work for the first while of using it, then swapped to an older S3 card which I really don't want to put in anything modern since it'll make it look like I have a '80s Mac, to a lower-end NVIDIA GEFORCE Card. But, as things happened, they didn't pan out that way. I guess in a way, I kind of got rushed to the build before I noticed my custom label which I was a noob at using Gerber Composer to design still (relatively) was writing information about the wrong motherboard, the wrong RAM, and the only thing which ended up being correct in the entire thing was the SSD which I installed Windows on, which ironically, I intended to use on an AMD motherboard, with an AMD chip powering the entire thing. 

I could've said the case was also wrong, but then again - a case is just a tin box that houses all of the metal and guts inside, so never mind.

2. When I wanted to buy hard drives for my PC, I said "Western Digital," and my brother in law and rest of my family said "Seagate.": Which I regret, and because of this feel like a total hypocrite for selecting a Seagate drive which in my opinion was not only the wrong storage for the Virtual Machine partition that I wanted to have, but whenever I hear the hard drive brand name, "Seagate", my brain immediately thinks FireCuda since I only trust those hard drives despite being made by Seagate ironically. 

(No, I don't need any mental or medical help associating FireCuda with Seagate primarily. That's just how my brain works in a normal 24-hour day with the proper circadian sleep cycle from 0:00-23:59.) 

3. When installing the OS initially, I wanted the Pro license version, but I got the Home version instead: Because I was planning to network to my PC upstairs, correct? It's not like I don't know how basic file sharing works, since I've played with a DELL PowerEdge 1500 SC for a brief period of time before I tore it all apart when it would just stop powering on mysteriously. Someday, I hope to build a NAS provided all four horsemen of the apocalypse haven't completed their ride yet, and when I get the new setup, I'm probably just going to take everything off this computer, dump it to the NAS (regardless of whatever it actually is) and then just go on, and progress with my day. And also, I was planning to take some advantage of Hyper-V to run my own virtual machines running whatever versions of Windows I felt the need to play with to go back for old time's sake. And preferring to keep the "Home" license computers out in the sign shop where they belong. 

4. COVID-19 happened: This computer ironically ended up being my main PC throughout the COVID-19 virus pandemic. 

5. Sully 1.0: Some random little shit harasses me to not be living my life in my fantasies because I hurt myself according to him, and as a result, I end up permanently deactivating Facebook from my account and blocking the webpage in Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome (I believe Edge and Opera can still access the page) and in Firefox for Windows, it goes to a [WEB ADDRESS REDACTED.]

6. End of an RP Story which started on three other computers, and my cell phone: Also, I also started an RP story with someone on a DELL Latitude E6500, Lenovo G530, and ZTE Z755ZBL from 2018, in addition to my MSI 970 Katana, at the time when it worked. This computer became the end of it. 

7. Initial Poor Feelings About Windows 10: In the beginning of when I decided I would set up this computer, I was still very paranoid and very hating of the idea of Windows 10. When the experience eventually became somewhat tolerable, and I could manage to live with it almost just as fine, or perhaps a little better than I could have with 7, 8 or even 8.1, then I decided to play with Windows 10 a little bit, and explore the capabilities of its hybrid mobile interface which had evolved from 8.1, and mourn the passing of a useful feature I used to like from 7, even going on to complain about it in the Ramen Pirate blog, which I used to publish at the time. But even if Windows 10 going all the way to release version 21H2 at the time would eventually become tolerable and acceptable, then the damage has already been done. Even though Windows 11 may have "fixed" what Windows 10 broke, partially or entirely having all my productivity needs cared for by computers running Linux or BSD based operating systems may not be too far away from me in the horizon. 

(and no, I ain't talking about macOS. I mean either GNU/Linux, or a BSD OS which it might be an adventure to actually set the computer up from start-to-finish. Although, it may be easier for me to just main Ubuntu since I don't feel like navigating through entire lines of command line code to even do anything, and I would probably need a manual to figure out what commands do do anything in my future OS of choice...) 

8. My new computer has Windows 11: I ordered a new PC from Amazon this past winter, and it arrived at the end of February pretty much. I was expecting it to have Windows 10 Home on there, and my next plan was to simply upgrade it to Windows 11 Pro. But, when I powered the PC on I was greeted with Windows 11 Home. So, because of this, I'm probably going to either keep my new PC as Windows 11 Home as long as I need to keep it as such, which could very well be the entire lifespan of the PC, or, just get my new license key for Windows 11 Pro should the need arise and change the version of Windows my computer has running on it. 

9. No VGA Port: I know I could've adapted this, but - this PC has literally no VGA port. Why do I care if my computer has a VGA port in 2022 you ask? Because I want to hook it up to my TV as an entertainment device, and have it play an assortment of my favorite music over the TV speakers as opposed to $40 desk speakers from Amazon, and yes I was aware I could keep the thing adapted to VGA with DVI-to-VGA, but I figured I would rather instead not use any adapters and just use HDMI. I regretted the decision immediately demoting my PS3 to Component 2, which has almost as good video quality as HDMI did, but the sound has suffered somewhat and I don't power the PS3 on very often anymore anyway, just to ensure the RTC battery on the PS3 logic board doesn't go dead, and also, to change Daylight Savings Time setting of the clock from Summer Time to Winter Time and vice-versa. Of course, with permanent Daylight Saving Time coming to Nova Scotia as soon as potentially next year - I'll have "Farewell to Nova Scotia" on repeat eventually... Hopefully... 

10. Sully 2.0: This didn't happen specifically on the PC in question like I claim it did, however - it did happen on the new computer which I already mentioned I have been using for a month or so at the time this second sully happened. But, since I haven't even gotten the PC properly paid off yet, probably due to the fact I could simply have just gotten the funds for it some other way, I refuse to have that computer get sullied, overheated, get a virus, or otherwise be demotion worthy. So, what do I do in a situation like this? Well, I guess the only answer to this question is, a three step process, especially since the person who did Sully 1.0 and Sully 2.0 are the exact same, despite them denying that they are. 

1. Step One: Remain calm. Try not to lose your temper or become violent on anything. "Anything" by this definition includes inanimate objects, animals, and other human beings that may not understand why you are being violent with them. 

2. Step Two: Curse the person that caused Sully 1.0 & 2.0 to your computer at the same time, and probably realize the reason you chose to do this is maybe karma biting you in the ass for making a Sim of them where you paired them up with the most homosexual man in the whole entire universe for better or worse, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth, till death do they part.

3. Step Three: Realize that nothing you can do or say can make them not sully any more things than they have already sullied, or have yet to sully, or are sullying, and just move on with your life, hoping in the name of all that is holy and divine that you can actually move on with your life.

4. Step Four: If all else fails, get pissed, make plans to back up the entirety of your computer that you did get sullied a minimum of one time and have gotten sullied again and may get sullied yet again in the future the longer you use the computer, wipe everything of personal significance to you from the hard drive, reinstall the Operating System(s) it had on those hard drives to fresh, clean, blank installs that have nothing on them, and then sell your computer to anyone who'd be willing to part with a couple hundred bucks or so just to take the stupid thing off your hands till the end of time, and then invest the $200.00 in literally anything else. It can be something that may spark joy to you personally. It can be a week's groceries in this chaotic economy at the local supermarket. Or, it can be used with someone who will agree to finance your new computer purchase to replace the one that you just sold.