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This YouTuber made an XP tribute video by screenshotting the startup/shutdown sequence, adding text in MS Paint, and compiling it with .wav sound effects in Movie Maker. XP's wonderful capabilities and clunkiness, all in one go.
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Of course, time moved on from XP’s salad days, and it’s been among the more mature OSs for a while. Windows Vista was released in early 2007, though it never really caught on, mainly because many PCs struggled to actually use it—even Microsoft employees found their machines crippled by the “upgrade.” 2009’s Windows 7 was more successful, perhaps because it kind of looked like XP. And now, of course, we’re on to the touch screen-y Windows 8, which has seen more of a love-it-or-loathe-it response.Indeed, the ongoing success of Windows XP could be interpreted partially as a sign of failure on the part of its successors. Or perhaps this is how you’re going to feel about Windows 8 in ten year’s time.R.I.P Old Bloody Basterd. Nobody is going to really miss you. #ie6 http://t.co/GzjPGmy1Fj
— Patrick Hocke (@patrickhocke) April 8, 2014