Growing up I had a teacher that actually had a field trip centered around going to the Lloyd Center. It was weird then, feels weird now, but nostalgic nonetheless.

The different file system was the biggest adaptive hurdle for me. Just the default knowledge of how windows worked from the MS-DOS era took a bit to adapt to. I think knowing Windows actually made it harder to switch compared to someone who wouldn’t know much more than opening the internet browser.

But for gaming: more than anything navigating all the compatability files being used by WINE and Steam can be a nightmare.

Which only lasted until Napolean. But there were a few decades where they had at least some holdings in and around Italy.

Alternatively after 1453 the Russian Tsars claimes to inherit the legacy as the ‘Third’ Rome. That lasted until the Bolsheviks.

Books weren’t so much burned as the gold engravings used mesoamerican cultures were melted down into bricks and sent to the Vatican to line furniture.