Windows XP was getting old, and Vista had a bad reputation that couldn’t be improved (even though Vista at that point wasn’t that bad). In 2009 Microsoft needed to release an operating system that was a success. Some parts like hard drives, cases, and power supplies, will generally be more modern. Hardware selection is based on a combination of period correctness, performance, compatibility, cost, reliability, and availability. These systems will be a great way to show games and other software running on hardware they were intended for. My goal is to showcase a period correct Windows gaming computer through the ages. The series starts with a Windows 7 build, and will then go back in time with at least one build for each consumer release of Windows, followed by MS-DOS builds. I’m putting together Windows gaming PCs using a combination of old parts I have accumulated in the past and parts purchased specifically for this series. Free extended support is ending in January, and the 10 year anniversary of the release of the operating system will be in October.īecause of that I thought it would be a good time to put together a period correct Windows 7 gaming PC and document it on my website. Many people still use Windows 7 at the time I’m writing this post, but the operating system is quickly approaching the end of its life. It took a lot of the more modern features of Windows Vista, refined them, along with bringing many new features that are still here in Windows 10. Windows 7 was an extremely successful operating system.
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