sims 3 on window 11

Win NT wasn't a successor to Win 95, it was a parallel track for business use. It later became Win 2000, and is now what we call Win x Pro or Enterprise. Its historical versions were more stable and provided things for corporate networks that home users don't necessarily need like the ability to log into a domain controlled by a server (domain controller).

I wouldn't necessarily have wanted to play games on NT or 2000 though, because that isn't what they were really designed for. I saw a lot of people bring home their office computers still running Win 2000 after their offices upgraded their hardware and they were totally stumped by what seemed like them to be a successor to Win 98 but it really was something quite different.

As for skipping over ME, Vista, and Win 8, my official assessment is that you didn't miss a single thing by doing that other than pain and frustration. :)

"igazor;c-17935531" wrote:
Win NT wasn't a successor to Win 95, it was a parallel track for business use. It later became Win 2000, and is now what we call Win x Pro or Enterprise. Its historical versions were more stable and provided things for corporate networks that home users don't necessarily need like the ability to log into a domain controlled by a server (domain controller).

I wouldn't necessarily have wanted to play games on NT or 2000 though, because that isn't what they were really designed for. I saw a lot of people bring home their office computers still running Win 2000 after their offices upgraded their hardware and they were totally stumped by what seemed like them to be a successor to Win 98 but it really was something quite different.

As for skipping over ME, Vista, and Win 8, my official assessment is that you didn't miss a single thing by doing that other than pain and frustration. :)

idk i was only a babby then, just remember skipping it. and yeah it seemed to be common knowledge and general practice to skip over versions back then, don't think i've ever even seen ME, Vista or 8. things change i'm sure the same ancient 'laws of OS upgrades' won't apply to to win11 but old habits die hard. i'll probably be skipping it.

though these days i'm hoping linux will carry on the course its going down, i use that a lot for gaming through steam these days. surprisingly, Doom runs better on my PopOS installation than it does on windows?! go figure.

I had Win2000 back in the day and loved it, but yes it was quite different than Win95 and Win98 at the time. :)

I have also skipped every other Windows version, but I don't think Microsoft made Vista and 8 bad on purpose. :tongue: I will wait for Windows 11 to come out and check the reviews before I decide if I want it or not. I'm relieved that they are not going for a subscription based OS. I hate when companies do that, like with Microsoft Office and the recent versions of Photoshop Elements. I don't want to "rent" software.

It's either I'll upgrade as soon as possible or wait few more months before doing so. Until I'm confident that Sims 3 will have no issue playing in a machine that runs windows 11 because sims 3 in my current system runs so well that I'd hate it to be ruined after OS upgrade. I may have to make image copy of my current system first incase rollingback is going to be needed.

@Onverser I am curious about the way Sims 3 runs on Windows 11 - does it benefit off the DirectStorage technology? And what about Auto HDR? Those are two things I'm hoping will help the game load, render, and look better. Funny how after 15 years the technology is roughly becoming advanced enough to run Sims 3 LOL