Your First Operating System?

[lestagio]

MS-DOS was my first OS, although I only remember it vaguely. Windows 3.1 was also early on in my life, but it was built on top of DOS, I believe. The first OS that I truly used to a full extent for ages was Windows 95. God, do I miss it. Nowadays Windows is a dumpster fire to the point where I've ended up on Linux. Unfortunately, nothing really matches the magic of those early operating systems that were so unique and novel.

 

[Dyne]

MS-DOS when I was a kid.
The first computer I owned (my dad's old work comp) was an Apple Macintosh though.

 

[zombie100379]

windows vista

 

[Unassuming_Spook]

Commodore 64 was my first computer in 1991. I was 8 then.

 

[Zerohour2k12]

Earliest I remember actually using was Win98ME at my aunt's place with Hangaroo, Virtua Fighter 2 and Sega Manx TT.

 

[Vardalis]

DOS or Windows 95 if I had to guess. In terms of what I actually remember beyond blurry memories it'd be Windows 2000.

 

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

MS-DOS.

I was pretty disappointed when I went to school and all computers had Windows.

 

[DarkTownStrutters]

Coolest blue screen ever.

 

[Felipe]

The 1st contact i had with a OS/computer was in 1991 on sixth grade and it was DOS. Our teacher showed us a few computers they got and i did some DOS command(s)? at the time. I HAD NO IDEA of what i was doing. Now i do.

 

[IamtheWalrus]

Windows 3.x, granted I only remembered playing Tuneland due to it having Howie Mandle doing the voice of the bear. Anything else on Windows 3.x I can't remember...

 

[Appiplyer]

Damn as the younger generation i'm ashamed that the first OS that i have was Windows XP. '>'

 

[IamtheWalrus]

Damn as the younger generation i'm ashamed that the first OS that i have was Windows XP. '>'

Nah, don't be ashamed, XP was an amazing OS.

 

[GreyStar]

MS-DOS was my first OS, although I only remember it vaguely. Windows 3.1 was also early on in my life, but it was built on top of DOS, I believe. The first OS that I truly used to a full extent for ages was Windows 95. God, do I miss it. Nowadays Windows is a dumpster fire to the point where I've ended up on Linux. Unfortunately, nothing really matches the magic of those early operating systems that were so unique and novel.

The Coleco Gemini, the games were Donkey Kong and Mouse Trap.

 

[lestagio]

Damn as the younger generation i'm ashamed that the first OS that i have was Windows XP. '>'

Which is arguably the best OS to have existed. No shame!

 

[Velocista]

Honestly, I don't remember.
But I think it was Windows 7.

 

[JustLooking123]

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Coolest blue screen ever.

Same!
Though, as a kid, i didn't even know what it was, and used it just for painting by typing colorfully!

But if we are talking about PC, Win98 was my first OS!

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

Damn as the younger generation i'm ashamed that the first OS that i have was Windows XP. '>'

Mine was Windows 7. It's okay buddy

 

[Sorion]

as a 2000's kid born in 1999, I grew up with windows XP, my first computer from 2006 came with it, and pretty much everyone was using it at the time.

 

[Stookymalarkey]

MS-DOS. In the early 90's it was a prerequisite to learn the basic commands if you wanted to run a game. Windows 3.1 couldn't run anything!

 

[Unassuming_Spook]

Tbh, I have 3 OS that I switch between depending on what I want to do. Windows XP and 7 on one computer and 11 on another. As time goes forward, certain things change so I need them with what I do. XP is for older gaming and Word 2002. 7 for when I need older gaming to be 64-bit and more memory (and PhysX since Nvidia did something to PhysX for 11 that makes lag) and 11 in case I need a modern system for whatever reason such as modern gaming (which is very little).

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Which is arguably the best OS to have existed. No shame!

Agreed. If there ever came a day where someone made XP 64bit as compatible as 11 with modern needs, I'd be all for it. But so far it's just re-skins. With 11, I bought the program StartAllBack so I could at least have better personal preference with visual style. It goes as far back as Windows 7. I dislike the original Windows 11 look.

 

[G.L.a.D.O.S.]

As best as I can remember, it was whatever OS the IBM computers had at school, probably MS-DOS with Windows 3.1 if I were to guess, possibly 3.0. I truly can't remember. I just vaguely remember the library having computers old even then at that time mind you, but I distinctly remember being allowed to play SkiFree on them after, of course, doing the simple spelling and mathematics work. You know, simple 3 and 4 letter words like cat, dog, bird, etc., and 2+2, 3-5, and the sort. It was, I want to say, first grade, maybe second.

Again, it's been so long ago I don't remember now.

 

[Graw]

MS-DOS is the first real one but I'm pretty sure I would have used my dad's Atari 800xl first. Technically it does have an OS and will boot up to a BASIC command prompt without a cartridge.

 

[RestoredaftrLostv2]

Apple II...

 

[bratish]

apple dos

 

[JoueurCitoyen]

IDK if this is considered an OS but: