Upgrading From Windows 1.0 to Windows 8 On Actual Hardware
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it as the example proving Windows has an unbroken upgrade path from 1.0 to 8.
What it is
A 74-minute video of upgrading Windows 1.0 through every release up to Windows 8 on a real netbook rather than in a virtual machine.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2015 to 2020.
What Hacker News said
Cites mkautzm · 2015-01 · on “Apple has lost the functional high ground”
You are the person I'm talking about when I say that people that blame Windows for problems are their own worst enemy, and it's way worse when Dunning-Kruger is in full effect as well... > Inexperience with a computer doesn't cause ntdll to break. Inexperience with a computer doesn't cause Windows activation to break. Inexperience with a computer doesn't cause shutdowns to take hours instead of seconds. Inexperience with a computer doesn't cause suspend to spontaneously bork. Inexperience causes all these things. Listen, my experience goes way, way beyond 'anecdotal' when it comes to managing end users running Windows. Never, ever, ever with the exception of a small handful of updates, does
Cites UweSchmidt · 2015-04 · on “Introducing PackageManagement in Windows 10”
These upgrade-shortcuts could introduce a significant increase in testing complexity if you want ensure that you can go from any system version to the current version. On the other hand, with the current system people upgrade from Windows 1.0 to 8 (e.g. [this video] ).
Cites trimbo · 2020-08 · on “Ubuntu from 2004 to 20.04 LTS”
I was hoping for an upgrade video, like people have done for Windows Here's one that goes from Windows 1.0 -> Windows 8: [this video]