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The article praises the UI, but isn't Windows 2000 using the Windows 95/98 UI with a different kernel?

Hold on, don't give cred it to Windows 95. The beveled 3D look was the invention of NeXT. Windows 95 copied everything from them. https://guidebookgallery.org/screenshots/openstep42

Amiga workbench was similar, although cruder, starting in 1985. I think it was just happening all around at that time.

Amiga workbench may have been available in 1985, but I think the bevels were introduced around 1990, in which case they copied NeXTSTEP.

Bevels were introduced in user software well before 2.0 changed the design system-wide. I remember seeing plenty of software that ran on 1.3 that had 3D gadgets, and there was an unofficial on-the-fly system patch that could provide 3D window gadgets. I don't remember specific years, however.

> I liked the UIs of the entire era from 3.0 to 2000, really. I'm mostly using Windows 2000 as an example here because it runs so well in QEMU/KVM and that allows me to easily take screenshots.

The different kernel for 95/98 was NT 4... Windows 2000 was unified, same UI for Consumer and Server

There is no version of Windows 2000 for consumers.

Windows Me was the nearest consumer release (2000 came out in 1999, Me in 2000), and did share most of the same UI, but was based on Windows 98.

Windows XP was the first version of Windows to ship with the same codebase for both consumer and business.

Windows 2000 Professional was the non server edition no? That's the one I was running AFAIK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2000#Editions

But you might be right by meaning consumer is non business user.. I also ran ME for about 2 weeks lol

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