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Windows XP (lemmy.zip)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Maven@lemmy.zip to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] stefenauris@pawb.social 74 points 4 months ago (5 children)

What's it called when you backport modern features to retro systems like this mockup? I swear there's a word for this...

[–] bradv@lemmy.ca 118 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Retroshittification

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Backtrackarrhea

[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It would be awesome if there was a community focused on that

[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 17 points 4 months ago

Be the change you wish to see in the world

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 13 points 4 months ago

Demake?

[–] gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 months ago

I think you're looking for "anachronism": A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 57 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I like THIS Windows

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Woah cool website, I don't how'd you know about this but thanks you

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago

How? Using Internet since more than 25 Years result in only ignoring the most new pages.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nice, even moving the computer into the trash worked as expected.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago

Even a community in GitHub with forks, mods and plug-ins.

https://github.com/win93-community/awesome-win93

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Half-Life 3 confirmed

Oh yeah, that's gooooood...

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Vulve is my favourite company. Can't wait for their new game store, stamp, to come out!

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

The Doom (Gafa 3D) really works like the original, with some "differences".

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago

I love this, I wasted so much time on my phone. The Playstation start up sound was amazing. I need to open it on a conputer

[–] blindsight 22 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] TokyoMonsterTrucker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You could substantially de-uglify XP with a different theme, but, damn....that ugly

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Which one, black or silver?

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago

Homestead

[–] HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No matter how much we loved XP we always knew that shit was ugly.

[–] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 months ago

Thanks!

I hate it.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I crave retro futuristic. The flesh craves nostalgia. Also... pentiums and 512mb of ram would have fucking been cooked if they tried this lmao

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

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

[–] ursakhiin 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Think about the Pentium versions of the Celeron, too. XP was their peak time.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Honestly maybe even their only time to shine.

[–] SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 months ago

Look how they massacred my boy...

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 9 points 4 months ago

Make thyself scarce, cur, less ye see the back of my hand.

[–] Codemancer@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I love the attention to detail, putting the upsell “30days of msn premium” between the “start” and “all programs” buttons, beautiful.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 4 months ago

XP

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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)

[–] friendly_ghost 2 points 4 months ago

Recall snapshots back to 2003, damn that's crazy