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It's interesting to ponder which inconsequential aspects of modern life will become emblematic of the 2020s in 20 years' time. I would not have predicted the m
by xyzzy3000 2y ago
It's interesting to ponder which inconsequential aspects of modern life will become emblematic of the 2020s in 20 years' time.
I would not have predicted the magenta palm trees of Miami Vice as being representative of the '80s back in the day, and as someone who always switched off the themes in XP and Vista, it surprises me that people are nostalgic for them!
- THENATHE 2y agoI really liked The Windows 7 theme and kept it on on every computer that wasn't a gaming PC, because I'm gaming computers. I want to squeez every last frame. But my dad always turned off the theme on all of his computers because it reminded him of Windows 98, and frankly, I am very sad that you cannot just get the old windows 98 theme in Windows today as a default feature. I know they're a third party apps that do that, but I wish it was still just a feature that they had because it really wouldn't add that much development time. I kind of am just over it with all of the extra bullshit in Windows, like I want an operating system with a file browser and a built-in web browser that I probably will never use, I don't want telemetry, I don't want recommended files, I don't want widgets, I don't want a news center on the side of my computer, I don't want any baked in AI bullshit. I wish I could literally just get Windows 7 with all of the security and performance and compatibility improvements of Windows 11. Also a functioning search bar, which would be really nice.