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To be honest if I wasn’t worried about support for modern hardware and whatnot I would probably go back to Windows 7 at this point. Windows 10 just feels unpolished and bloated overall and still has issues that Microsoft hasn’t taken care of even as Windows 11 has come out. I did say I liked Windows 10 more in 2016 but with all the issues that I’ve come across and a lack of polish I can’t really say I agree with that anymore.

No comment on the first gen since I don’t really have any experience with. 2nd gen: The Atari 2600 but pretty must just by default since it’s the only console from this era I have a substantial amount of experience with. 3rd gen: NES. I do have a bit more experience with each of the three consoles (actually bought an Atari 7800 for my brother last year) and even like them to some extent or another, but the NES still holds the most variety in terms of games I like. 4th gen: Super NES - Easily one of my favorite consoles of all time. Granted, the Sega Genesis isn’t too far off, but the SNES still just has a lot of variety and many of my favorite games of all time, including Super Mario World - my favorite platformer game and among my Top 5 of all time. 5th gen: Sony PlayStation - Another one of my favorite consoles of all time, having a pretty vast library overall with a ton of different types of games. An example of a console that to this day I still find something new I really like for. 6th gen: This one’s kind of close for me between the GameCube and PlayStation 2. I’d say the PlayStation 2 had a much more vast library with a lot of variety, but for me the best games on the GameCube definitely stand out to me more than the best games on PlayStation 2, even if there are a lot of great games on there. 7th gen: Another pretty close one for me, just between the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. The Wii I’d say is a console I’ve in general had more fun with especially with it’s line-up of really good games (Super Mario Galaxy, enough said) as well as features like the Virtual Console and whatnot, but I’d say I like the PS3 more as a “seventh gen” console in a sense due to having more multiplatform games on top of it’s exclusive lineup. 8th gen: Despite some of Nintendo’s shitty practices recently, I’d still say the Nintendo Switch overall. The whole feature of being able to take the console portably or play it on a TV screen at home definitely appeals to me, and being able to take some of my favorite already existing games on the go (i.e. Overwatch, Undertale, Night in the Woods, Sonic Mania) on top of Nintendo’s exclusives is really nice. I still gotta say the Wii U is still an underrated gem though, and the Xbox One X is a really nice console. 9th gen: No comment, don’t have much experience with either the PS5 or Xbox Series S/X.

Honestly it's pretty sad how the Wii U had better online services than the Switch (no friend codes, messaging, Netflix, Hulu, etc) for free at that.

I really liked it when I first upgraded, but I feel like after the “new Windows version” hype wore off I just sort of feel like it’s a mixed bag overall. It’s… fine for everyday use and gaming and whatnot, but it doesn’t really feel as stable as Windows 7 or even 8.1 did. Every so often I find myself running into weird problems with it (I remember having issues with it turning Fast Startup back on after updates, which ended up crashing my computer at least once every few days, plus the ‘Explorer’ freezing for no real reason at one point) and after 5 years or so it feels pretty unpolished and bloated overall.

Happy Birthday MLPForums! I didn't personally join here until 2014, but either way, it's been nice meeting a lot of cool people over a shared, common interest, and I'm happy I got to know this community and make new friends. And considering some of the other MLP-related sites I've been to that have come and gone (particularly Equestria Forums + World of Equestria), I'm happy this site has managed to stay up. In some ways just getting to know others here has had an influence on me and how I view myself, and even gave me my first platform for writing. I may have been off and on, and I may not have been at my best sometimes, but I'm still happy I found this place and made new friends whether they've left or are still here. Happy birthday MLPF.

The TV I used for my "modern" consoles (PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox One) is a 1080p Insignia, not sure about the exact model number or screen size, but for my older consoles (NES through GameCube) I have a Sharp CRT. Plus if monitors count I also use an 24" AOC 24B1W1 (1920 x 1080) for my PC and Switch and a Samsung 1280x1024 monitor as my secondary, also for my PC.

This post aged like fine wine.

Kind of an update on my behalf, but I gotta say - as someone testing Windows 11 as an Insider I can't really say I recommend upgrading at the moment. Not only are the minimum system requirements too high (I'm running a 1600/First Gen Ryzen and it's working pretty well, so I don't know why it's considered unsupported), and Microsoft in general is being unclear about the update cycle, but ultimately I don't really feel like Windows 11 provides enough of an improvement over 10 to really warrant upgrading, especially considering those high requirements.

I was assigned male at birth, and that's how I identified when I first signed up here, but in the past few years I've started to identify as a female (even coming up with a new name for myself) and I kind of feel happier that way, honestly. Truth be told I felt uncomfortable with a lot of my body changes during puberty and whatnot when looking back I've always felt more feminine and soft and have a desire to be seen as female. I feel like hanging around certain communities especially helped me figure that out although i sometimes feel like i'm invalid tl;dr - I'm a transgender female.

I played through Sonic 06 earlier this year, and frankly even with the glitches aside, the levels all around just felt empty and dull and all the characters feel sluggish to control - all just lacking any sort of flow to them. The combat is also pretty monotonous and doesn't have any reason to be there.