The History of Microsoft (2001-Present)

Here's part 2 of our history of Microsoft, where we have a look at Redmond's successes and missteps since the launch of Windows XP.

[King-fokj]

I still have my zune... shit plays music for a week straight without dying and still has all the old shitty webshows I used to watch

[thecomputerinside]

"What operating system does it use?"

"We're going to die!"

[jc]

Oh man, the Zune.. I've got one around here somewhere. The battery life on it is pretty damn good. I'd listen to it for 10 hours at work and still have lots of juice left at the end of the day.

[jacobnathanielzpayag]

When it was firs released, Windows Phone 7 looked very modern in comparison to android and iOS

[maxmustermann]

back in the XP days, I was a pirate too.

[joeldoxtator]

Windows XP still feels like it was yesterday.

[TheRealRickSanchez]

after the "Vault 7" leak, I wouldn't trust "Tunnel Bear" with anything....

[producerevan]

Robocop to your ex girlfriend: "I'll show you a real good saturday to everyone!!!

[diehardAMD]

MS Vista was ahead of it's time because it demanded more hardware for support than was customarily available. It highlighted how much the computer manufacturer's were screwing the consumers. The new APIs that directed more graphical information directly to the GPUs was the first of its kind and later drawn back in 7 just a bit.
EDIT: Also the lack of drivers was from the huge mandatory push towards 64 bit where WinXP did not have support as a mandatory requirement. Thanks to Vista, we have a more powerful processor that take more info at a time that later rolled down to our mobile phones... including our iPhones made by Apple.

[Bingocat]

You missed the Xbox 360's red ring of death problem.

[teaganreimer]

I bet people at Microsoft don't even use bing

[MartinLawlietProioxix]

Fantastic stuff Linus. A nice little introduction to Microsoft's history that anyone interested in tech should watch.

[ibear]

This is one of the BEST videos you guys have ever made! Thank you!

[sysad]

Thanks for making and sharing this information about MSFT with us. You probably missed MSFT Azure and it a big thing for them and they are doing quite well probably just behind AWS.

[chainsawpony]

7:08 Fun fact, while Google search Is better at everything else, Bing is better with image search results (even though it lacks the "similar images" button that Google search provides. The more you know!

[MidnightToker]

You missed the side note where they fired Jerry, aka Barnacules from Microsoft.

[Drathy]

Nice attention to detail at 2:42 with the metal sword/blade sound effect when showing the old Xbox 360 "Blade" UI. Less nice attention to detail at 2:28 showing a newer model Xbox 360 when talking about the original launch...

[RyanMaskell]

No mention of Microsoft's huge branch out into cloud with Azure?

[xMKLx]

Been waiting for this video since the first part :D

[RyonMugen]

I have a Zune HD. most amazing non-ipod EVER. I prefer it so much more than Apple things.