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reddalo ◴[17 Nov 24 21:02 UTC] No.42167210[source]▶

Don't modern versions of Windows do the same? For example, I clearly remember that the Windows 10 installer first launches a Windows 7-like environment.

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zokier ◴[17 Nov 24 22:01 UTC] No.42167711[source]▶

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Aren't all modern (>xp) windowses just NT6 under the hood? Is there such clear delineation between 7 and 10 for example?

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1. yjftsjthsd-h ◴[17 Nov 24 22:12 UTC] No.42167817[source]▶

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They're all NT, though I'm not sure how you mean "NT6"; XP was NT 5, Windows 10 was NT 10, and I think 11 is 11.

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2. actionfromafar ◴[17 Nov 24 22:44 UTC] No.42168047[source]▶

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NT 6.3 was Windows 8.1, apparently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Microsoft_Windows_vers...

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3. Dalewyn ◴[18 Nov 24 00:09 UTC] No.42168506[source]▶

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Incidentally, this is why most drivers broadly support 2000/XP (NT5), Vista/7/8/8.1 (NT6), and 10/11 (NT10) in those specific groups.

4. my123 ◴[18 Nov 24 06:38 UTC] No.42170283[source]▶

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Windows 11 is still NT 10.0

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Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems?