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03.0 - Experience with Microsoft
This section was last updated on August 4th 2020 (08.04.2020)
I have had a long experience with Microsoft. It has been positive for most of it (2006-2017) but then it has been negative (2017-2018)
I first got into computing in 2006, with my first use on a desktop computer in my final year of preschool. The main thing that ties everything together in my relation to Microsoft is Windows XP. This is literally the heart of my experience with them.
I use to play Pacman and DIgDug on a computer running Windows XP. I also learned the very basics of computing at this point, at the age of 4.9
I had many other positive experiences, such as school computers running Windows XP, and my own laptop with Windows XP in 3rd and 4th grades, from 2009-2011, when the computer failed.
I got back into Windows with Windows 8 in 2012, but I did not like the interface of Windows 8. I will always prefer XP as my Windows desktop if I have to. I had another laptop (A Samsung laptop) froom 2012 to 2014, mostly used to stream TV shows and play Minecraft.
One of the biggest positive eras I had with Microsoft was a thermo-nuclear explosion of nostalgia for Microsoft that lasted from December 2015 to June 2018. I had nostalgia for the older Windows operating systems as well, including Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. I didn't like Windows 7 as much until after I didn't see it everywhere, then I had sharp nostalgia for it.
This era just happened to be right in the middle of my Scratch era, and I made several hundreds of projects related to Microsoft.
My love for Microsoft ended in 2019, when Windows 10 just became too much for me. This was during my great awakening period. I began to hate Microsoft, mostly Windows 10, however I still had the sharp nostalgia for Windows XP. This never ended, it is still here today for me.
I eventually moved away from a Microsoft based operating system on July 9th 2020, when I got my first Linux based laptop. I still use Microsoft services, including OneDrive, GitHub, and Minecraft. I will still continue to support Microsoft due to this nostalgia period, and also because 2 of my family members work for them, and I don't want to upset them, or have them lose their job.
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