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[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago

To those who don't remember: Windows XP was met with mixed reception due to it's ugly UI, high system requirements, and instability on release. Those who found out how to get around WinME's driver issues stayed for even longer than those who were previously on Win95/98. Kids of that era really liked it though, because it looked playful, and/or it was their first introduction to computing.

[-] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The golden rule of the internet. Anything hated at release has a high chance of becoming beloved once those who grew up with become adults.
Truly bad stuff at release simply ends up forgotten.
Nostalgia is way more powerful than rage

[-] FakeGreekGirl 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

XP actually wasn't great on release, though I don't know anybody who clung to ME, considering it was itself a huge dumpster fire. It wasn't until SP1 hit that XP got really good.

Most of us were just riding out 98SE as long as we could until MS got their shit together. Some people had 2000, but it wasn't really a consumer-class OS; it was meant more for the enterprise.

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

I never thought about how toy-like XP looked but you're absolutely right.

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

People of that era called Windows XP the "Fisher-Prize My First OS".

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I remember hating it and feeling insulted by it but I was a teenager and didn't articulate those thoughts very well in my memory lol

[-] ysjet@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

That definitely sounds like you just made that up, considering I was around then.

[-] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 10 points 1 year ago

That's interesting, because here in brazil, people loved windows xp on release. The general sentiment was that windows 95, 98 and me were too buggy and unstable, while xp gave a better experience.

[-] HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Thats an interesting wrinkle I hadn't considered. Was the release in Brazil done at the same time? Maybe XP benefitted from additional patches before the Brazilian release.

[-] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 1 year ago

It makes sense, because back then, things would get released in here much later than the global releases. I found no information on the local release date of windows xp, to know for sure, though.

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 60 points 1 year ago

It felt so familiar yet so disgusting.

[-] frankgrimeszz@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

Then there’s the AI “feature” that takes a screenshot every second and definitely won’t be abused by Microsoft’s aggressive data collection.

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 32 points 1 year ago

OP are you the artist of this? If not could you provide a source?

This is so ingeniously put together I want to support the creator :)

[-] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 25 points 1 year ago

sadly not. found it on some random discord servers meme channel

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 year ago

aw man! 0 results on tineye and yandex too 🥲🥲🥲

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's your source my friend. Sorry, original post only showed up on twitter:

Original Post: https://x.com/tehmondspartan/status/1787508561087693204

Does have a few other socials though:

https://bsky.app/profile/mondyspartan.bsky.social

https://www.deviantart.com/mondyspartan/gallery

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 12 points 1 year ago

thanks so much i had all but given up!!!

[-] thefrankring@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Man, that Windows XP image brings back so many memories.

[-] FakeGreekGirl 4 points 1 year ago

At the rate we're going, this is what Windows 12 will look like.

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