Since at that time these shits weren’t really normalized, I can imagine some people would actually like these things and maybe even use them. It would have feel… kinda modern? If that makes sense… (tho when I first saw XP after using 95 and 98 in my life at that point, it felt absolutely super-duper modern x3)
I like this image - it is really nicely done. I don’t like what it represents, but the image itself is decent.
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And Bonzi even was a 3rd party thing. Now imagine that shit, just built into the system by that time. 😅
Heck, even MSN Browser was a thing and I’m pretty sure just because it said “Good afternoon” or some shit when you launched it.
I remember seeing AOL on Win3.11 (I had been using telnet, pine, lynx.) and it looked like a bunch of spam ads.
I crave retro futuristic. The flesh craves nostalgia. Also… pentiums and 512mb of ram would have fucking been cooked if they tried this lmao
Think about the Pentium versions of the Celeron, too. XP was their peak time.
Honestly maybe even their only time to shine.
Honestly though can we go back to the days or at least adopt design philosophies where the entire OS, programs, and everyday browsing could fit on just that much ram
Is there an Easter egg or is this just nostalgia?
Start menu looks like Win10/11 with ads, suggestions and news. This is not how XP used looked like
It’s so well done I image that everyone who was too young to use XP doesn’t realize this is satire.
Edit: sorry for the double post. My lemmy app threw me an error now I can not delete my second comment
I don’t remember seeing all the internet links in the start menu.
That’s the meme
Trash meme
We’re in the trash timeline.
RETVRN
Windows is ideal for experts, Twilight Zone lovers and desire for adventure, for the rest Linux is better (In the beginning it was the other way around, the first Distros even caused some suicids)
What’s it called when you backport modern features to retro systems like this mockup? I swear there’s a word for this…
Ok…someone do this but in an Atari 2600 theme. I wanna see what loot boxes and modern gaming shit would look in 160x192 128 color resolution.
Retroshittification
Backtrackarrhea
Backport-a-potty
🤣💀
oh my god brilliant
It would be awesome if there was a community focused on that
Be the change you wish to see in the world
I’d call it techlapse
Demake?
Backporting
I think you’re looking for “anachronism”: A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists.
The little shield next to the turn off computer icon implying it’ll update it without asking is a nice touch
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They will distribute this image and say: “See? It has always been this way…”
Recall snapshots back to 2003, damn that’s crazy
tihi
but it’s also a very good visualization what windows user got slow boiled into
Those msn searches 🤣
It’s missing filling the start bat with a massive Copilot box and weather/news widget. Or maybe missed an opportunity to make Clippy the AI assistant.
I love-hate it.
Look how they massacred my boy…
I preferred Yahoo Messenger to Windows solely due to the ROTFLMAO emoji… it kicked ass. Made me giggle every time I used it.
Did it kick the llama’s ass?
You missed out on hella custom emoticons. Had hundreds of "lol"s
Edit: and nudges lol
Yes!!!
It’s fantastic.
