How This Wallpaper Conquered The World

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  • @MartinThePolarBear
    @MartinThePolarBear Рік тому +151

    Windows always had that OS that outlasted an extra generation. XP was preferred over Vista the same way Windows 7 was preferred over 8 and even 10 by some people.

    • @LogicallyAnswered
      @LogicallyAnswered  Рік тому +19

      Yep very true

    • @chiquita683
      @chiquita683 Рік тому +12

      Nah XP was peak windows. Everything else was/is trash. Windows 11 is spyware

    • @culan_SCP
      @culan_SCP Рік тому +14

      @@chiquita683 go have fun with your tinfoil hat on

    • @culan_SCP
      @culan_SCP Рік тому +4

      cap, windows 10 is best and most iconic os

    • @disketa25
      @disketa25 Рік тому +9

      Not "was", but *is* - still a proud win7 user. Until the end of the time, the switch on Linux or the moment Microsoft brings back classic start menu.

  • @yttrium220
    @yttrium220 Рік тому +70

    XP was simply everything home users needed from an OS. People hate complexity. XP was not simplistic, but also not too complicated. Just enough to use your computer smoothly and easily. All the stuff after that is just bloatware.

    • @Rossvallance
      @Rossvallance Рік тому +6

      I think I agree with you, I have been running an old XP machine on low spec, pre dual core. Works ok. For what I do a computer from 2005 does all my chores. It's a shame I need to use other computers to have supported software, but when you see the tech from 20 years ago work well, its hard to understand why I upgraded so much over the years. its insane, consumerism maybe?

    • @The_Divergent
      @The_Divergent Рік тому +2

      ​@@Rossvallancecapitalism
      Monopoly
      Jealous (Green vs Blue)
      Compatibility
      Etc

    • @yttrium220
      @yttrium220 Рік тому

      @@Rossvallance Forced consumerism. From what I hear and read a lot if people would not buy anything new until it breaks, weather these are PCs, cars or home appliances. They are forced to do it however, because things either fall apart quickly or new software has features that do not run on old computers. These features are there just for the „progress” sake, not because people actually need them. Companies call it progress to hide that they just want to earn quick buck and don’t care if they produce functional and stable SW. I am in a process of getting rid of Apple products (waiting for them to break) precisely because of that. iOS and thus iPhone has become a spaceship full of unnecessary options that is becoming more and more unstable, full of bugs and making my life more difficult instead of easier. If it actually had been a spaceship, it would have been Columbia, not Apollo 11. I have cheap, simple, Android phone for different purposes that iP and this is what I need. We are being force fed something we don’t need and we have to buy it because there are not enough simple options that are well known and widely available.

    • @OFraternaMori
      @OFraternaMori Рік тому +1

      "not simplistic, but also not too complicated"
      Windows is too bloated but at same time trying to simplify stuff, like progress in wrong way.
      don't say Linux, its obviously too complicated for average user

    • @JonasHoffmann230
      @JonasHoffmann230 Рік тому

      ​@@OFraternaMoriMicrosoft uses Linux 🤯

  • @NourMostafa_Productions
    @NourMostafa_Productions Рік тому +66

    "Windows XP is full of bloatware and fundemental security issues"
    Windows 10 and 11: *laughs in bloatware*

  • @MegasXLR
    @MegasXLR Рік тому +2

    Still remember how I changed XP's lockscreen background picture as well as the bootscreen picture to one of KITT from Knight Rider & edited it so that the loading bar would be right where KITT's scanner would be ^_^ Probably still have the files somewhere haha good times

  • @Thebettermartyr
    @Thebettermartyr Рік тому +2

    I like and comment on your stuff mostly to help w the algorithm. Haven’t watched the video yet but the Windows XP was the first platform I was familiar with, so I’m gonna go ahead and say that’s why it’s the most recognizable.

  • @the1jah
    @the1jah Рік тому +2

    Naaaww people early 00s got computers for school and documents.. XP was great especially for its time. It was easy to blow out win95's ui and also XP was used in almost every classroom and library. That contributed greatly to its nostalgia.

  • @AlphaYellow
    @AlphaYellow Рік тому +11

    I've had that wallpaper on XP, and never changed it, it's so damn iconic. Those freshly mowed vine fields in the California mountains were captured so perfectly, and transmited the essence of what XP was all about.

    • @blah2blah65
      @blah2blah65 Рік тому +2

      Back in those days, one of the first things I would do on a new build is disable the wallpaper and set it to the color black. Less RAM required, which was a precious commodity. These days I still set it to black, but more for the wanting as simple and visually uncluttered a UI as I can get, and black is easiest on the eyes for me.

  • @iroar5982
    @iroar5982 Рік тому +2

    Appreciated the fact this video doesnt have an overly distracting background song.

  • @tatianasearle3470
    @tatianasearle3470 Рік тому +1

    There are a few things you didn't take into account, which would have been worth mentioning:
    1. Wasn't Windows XP the first version of Windows to have automatic updates? This was an important reason for its popularity.
    2. Windows Vista, which came after XP, was widely criticised for its massive "jump" in system requirements, caused in large part by the sophisticated visual effects it used. This caused Vista to be sluggish on lower-end hardware.
    3. If we assume "XP is nostalgic because it was used by a lot of people for a long time", the same argument also applies to Windows 7. Yet Windows 7 had no iconic wallpapers.
    4. Some desktop wallpapers are more practical than others. The most practical ones are not heavily patterned and not too light, to make the names under your desktop icons easy to see, and not too bright, so they don't distract you. The XP wallpaper was also memorable, with its two colours, and calming, with blue and green.
    5. I don't quite see the point of the $100K vs $40 comparison. The cheaper image is a lovely photo, but one anybody with a good camera and an "eye" for composition can take. The more expensive image is digitally enhanced, which took skill, especially with the technology of the year 2000.

  • @drew21t
    @drew21t 11 місяців тому +1

    You don't remember that wall paper, you feel it.

  • @muhammadfadhilnurhafizwang7932

    I built my PC in 2016. I changed the wallpaper to Windows XP's right away. Never changed again since. Nostalgia aside, the image is nice to look at. -it became my subtitute of actually going outside-

  • @Papasot
    @Papasot Рік тому +9

    This picture = nostalgia

  • @shubhaamgokko1361
    @shubhaamgokko1361 Рік тому +8

    One story I remember about Windows XP being that US Navy kept paying Microsoft millions of dollars to continue supporting their systems as it was the best OS for them. While it started with a good share of issues, one has to admit that Microsoft did improve it significantly enough that Vista was a disaster for them and Windows 7 was good enough to be called an upgrade over XP

  • @martinfobert9407
    @martinfobert9407 Рік тому +3

    I worked in IT for many years back in the day. I never had to make a customer re-purchase an XP license. You can change your hd or mobo and reinstall XP. Worst thing that can happen is you select 'activate by phone' Enter the activation numbers displayed. press 1 to confirm you're installing this on one computer then it will give you an activation code. Worked every time.

  • @Sergio_Loureiro
    @Sergio_Loureiro Рік тому +23

    5:40 I don't think MSN messenger was crappy software. In fact it is a pity Microsoft shot it down, and replaced it by a way worse one they bought, Skype.

    • @mostuc2023
      @mostuc2023 Рік тому +1

      So true.. i really loved MSN. Never touched skype.

    • @The_Divergent
      @The_Divergent Рік тому +1

      Maybe they have to merge those 2 software
      Each have their own plus

    • @whatthepick
      @whatthepick Рік тому +1

      Nudges Sergio ^^

  • @Derekzparty
    @Derekzparty Рік тому +3

    The Windows Me wallpaper is also recognizable but for a different reason.😊

  • @algorithminc.8850
    @algorithminc.8850 Рік тому +5

    Really enjoyed the video. I actually love XP, and even though we engineer on a number of O/S types ... I like the feel of developing on XP with the older simple compiler still. Many thanks for the video. Great stuff. Cheers

  • @Spicy007
    @Spicy007 Рік тому +6

    Windows 7 was the best and at this rate the final good version of Windows

    • @wyntog
      @wyntog Рік тому

      Windows 11 with StartAllBack installed. This gives the best of both worlds, all the up to date features of 11 with the look of 7.
      I couldn't use W11 without it as otherwise windows forces the taskbar items to combine.

  • @UdithDangamuwa
    @UdithDangamuwa Рік тому +2

    Why is this channel very much attractive? Kindda addict to watch these videos respect and thanks.😎

  • @hotkeyafl
    @hotkeyafl Рік тому +1

    you always have some interesting and unique topics

  • @arbaz79
    @arbaz79 7 місяців тому

    I still have windowsXP on my PC with the same iconic wallpaper.XP will always remain my favourite OS.

  • @AaronMarkMusic
    @AaronMarkMusic Рік тому +1

    Bro i love your content, you definitely deserve more subs

  • @capitanodessa7472
    @capitanodessa7472 Рік тому +6

    I use Linux Mint with a Windows XP theme, because I am a hopeless nostalgic.

    • @culan_SCP
      @culan_SCP Рік тому

      "i use arch btw" -🤓

    • @based980
      @based980 Рік тому +1

      @@culan_SCP what

    • @Virumyu
      @Virumyu Рік тому +3

      @@based980 It’s a joke whenever someone says they’re using Linux. Originally, actual arch users said it when discussing IT stuff, and it was very common to find them discussing such topics, so it kind of became an insider for "and I’m a nerd", as far as I understand.

    • @based980
      @based980 Рік тому

      oh@@Virumyu

    • @ilovecatsandalsorabbits
      @ilovecatsandalsorabbits Рік тому +1

      ​@@culan_SCPFound the Minecraft kid + Windows fanboy

  • @Fracture055
    @Fracture055 Рік тому +4

    Who remember The Samsung Dandelion wallpaper???

    • @analyst402
      @analyst402 Рік тому +1

      I have it on my s3 mini😅

  • @Filanel
    @Filanel Рік тому +8

    That's crazy! a few hours ago I felt a bit nostalgic and went and set this as my wallpaper. when I saw the video's thumbnail I had to click on it.

  • @vishalgaurav4411
    @vishalgaurav4411 Рік тому

    5:29. Wire shark on XP on these days. And I’m learning it now 😮

  • @danielvasquez3758
    @danielvasquez3758 Рік тому +2

    Great video brother!! Thank you very much!!!

  • @Traditionalsetup
    @Traditionalsetup Рік тому +1

    Great 👍👍👍 wonderful work 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

  • @ChineseKiwi
    @ChineseKiwi Рік тому

    My primary / elementary school was one of the first in my 350,000 city to have computers. They were Commodores with Windows 3.1 with a digitalised library system and of course before plug-and-play!
    As a 6-7 year old, I figured out how to program in devices (see before plug-and-play) and be a badass and issue out my own library books when I wasn’t allowed to 😂

  • @gziKmdDFrg
    @gziKmdDFrg Рік тому

    You know It will be an excellent video when you hear: "take/taking a look back"

  • @JaySee5
    @JaySee5 Рік тому

    XP was a shiny new coat of paint on top of Windows 2000. Consumers were wanting the stability of Windows 2000 over the instability of 95, 98, and Me. 98SE was pretty stable though, and many people stayed in 98SE despite Me and XP coming out. Once XP proved it was stable, the 98SE users switched to XP.

    • @JaySee5
      @JaySee5 Рік тому

      You also forgot that XP was the consolidation into 1 version of Windows for consumers and workstations. NT 3.5, 4, and 2000 were for workstations, not consumers.

  • @dappermuis5002
    @dappermuis5002 Рік тому

    I've never been a big fan of Windows, I grew up on Archimedes computers (made by the company that eventually focused on their ARM productions instead). But the one I did love, considering it was windows was XP. I hung onto it as long as I could. With each new version of windows the functionality of it when it came to doing what you wanted to do and not what they would let you do with it, went down. XP was very functional and stable. The only reason I was forced onto 8.1 was my poor computer couldn't even watch a youtube video with out it pausing for a few seconds every couple of frames. Then hung on to that till my hardware failed and tried to do windows 10. But I couldn't handle it. it never worked properly for me since the day it was launched. So after 9 months of hell with it, I eventually jumped ship and went over to Linux Mint and never looked back. Been about 4 years now.

  • @vap72a25
    @vap72a25 Рік тому

    Only a very few would remember OS/2 was a joint venture from Microsoft and IBM in the early 90s.

  • @mehedi-kun
    @mehedi-kun Рік тому

    9:37 Bijoy spotted.

  • @ashleyanne2056
    @ashleyanne2056 Рік тому

    The XP background image was taken in Sonoma county California. A fact that most computer schools in that area love to brag about

  • @The_Divergent
    @The_Divergent Рік тому

    Lmao could you please be more polite 9:53 😂😂😂
    Atleast they've tried

  • @pasl2784
    @pasl2784 Рік тому +1

    Windows XP and 7 are still the goats of windows. I mean I've used a chromebook for the past 10 years or so because I can't stand modern windows.

  • @MosesOnyango
    @MosesOnyango Рік тому

    It is literally my wallpaper right now

  • @tigerscott2966
    @tigerscott2966 Рік тому

    I remember when Windows was fun, protected and useful...
    That was 2008 - the last time I used Windows before this update madness 😠 kicked into high gear. 😳

  • @syntrexfpv1347
    @syntrexfpv1347 Рік тому

    As someone who currently owns a 3000$ gaming pc this perspective seems crazy to me. I and everyone I know has a fairly high powered PC for both gaming, work, and hobbies and to think PCs have become obsolete to phones seems ridiculous.

  • @makatron
    @makatron Рік тому

    I liked that Samsung changed the naming convention to the year it's being released, way easier to know when the phone came out s23 ultra this year and iPhone 15.

  • @kobo237cs
    @kobo237cs Рік тому

    iPhones may not have a wallpaper that will be remembered for but they have a ringtone for sure! :D

  • @74c82
    @74c82 Рік тому

    i didn't thought you are indian 😍 congratulations. your subscriber from long back

  • @matthewharris517
    @matthewharris517 Рік тому

    I was using XP until 2015 when I switched to 7 and then 10 shortly after
    XP for me was almost perfect at the time

  • @galzajc1257
    @galzajc1257 Рік тому

    Nice video! And actually i never understood why people spent time on phone. Even for entertainment, there's just not a single thing that is more fun to do on a phone than on pc. Like if i watch yt on a pc, i can easyly open like 30 videos with ctrl+click, then cycle through them with shortcuts and close those, that i think are not worth watching/ i can quickly see the point and i'm left with like 10 videos. Then i can watch a video with all the shortcuts to go back and forth and,... and 4 different playback extensions for youtube, extensions for playlists,... And also i can easily change the speed of the video with keyboard in steps of 10%, hack i can even write this comment normally on a keyboard. So overall just a nice smooth plesent entertaining experience on a good looking big screen and another screen and 3 or 4 virtual desktops of both screens. When i open yt app on the phone i'm firstly just blasted with ads to the extreme, i can only open 1 video at the time, there's just 1 or 2 videos, that you can see on the page, to precicely navigate the timeline is just non existant, you can only go to 2x speed and even for that you have to do like 5 clicks, desturbing you're viewing and focus. Overall it's just such a terrible stressfull traumatizing experience for me, that i'd never want to watch youtube on the phone. And the same is true for most other kinds of entertainment. And work, yes obviously you can't do anything on the phone. The only thing i do on the phone is calling and to clip it on the xbox controller and play some good old clasic console games on the buss, which is also far from a great experience, but it's preety ok at least.

  • @dazrox6084
    @dazrox6084 Рік тому

    XP is no doubt the best Windows OS ever. It worked so well.

  • @chiquita683
    @chiquita683 Рік тому +1

    Thats my wallpaper. Cray

  • @eugenetur8000
    @eugenetur8000 Рік тому

    4;04 subtitles + photo October 25 2001 / Narrator November 25 2001

  • @98SE
    @98SE Рік тому +3

    Why is most of the footage of XP in this video not actually of XP? There are alot of "fake" XP clones like at "8:13" that look horrible?

    • @LogicallyAnswered
      @LogicallyAnswered  Рік тому +3

      Just what my editor decided to use :)

    • @MarcosCartridge
      @MarcosCartridge Рік тому

      It's taken from videos about the XP theme but tried to modernized its look.

  • @ButterflyAdminOfAuth
    @ButterflyAdminOfAuth Рік тому

    as a Linux user If I had to go back in time
    I'll choose XP over Linux

  • @chrimony
    @chrimony Рік тому

    I really hated the toy look of the XP user interface. Thankfully, there was an option to keep the classic look.

  • @shadowninja6689
    @shadowninja6689 Рік тому

    What?!? Two thirds of youtube traffic is on smartphones?!? Who in the blazes would want to watch a UA-cam video on a freaking tiny smartphone screen? The only kinds of videos that works for are music (which I think should be counted separately) and podcasts.

  • @psikeyhackr6914
    @psikeyhackr6914 Рік тому

    That XP music annoys me every time I hear it. I haven't heard it in years. I will get you for that. LOL

  • @Sergio_Loureiro
    @Sergio_Loureiro Рік тому

    I think one of the reasons of XP success is it was launched just before regular people began to buy their first laptop in droves.
    The other is the very crappy OS that succeeded it, Vista.

  • @NihilQuest
    @NihilQuest Рік тому +1

    It's also a great photo. A piece of art and it's good for a wallpaper as it's not cluttered. All the other examples you showed are forgettable.

  • @dmacpher
    @dmacpher Рік тому +3

    NT kernel was a game changer. 98 and ME were absolute garrrrbage

    • @joels7605
      @joels7605 Рік тому +2

      It really was. But we have to look at things from the perspective of the time. 95/98 was a similar leap over 3.11.

    • @dmacpher
      @dmacpher Рік тому +1

      @@joels7605 95 was yeah! 98 and ME just became less stable as plug and play, driver bloat and memory management issues peaked. I started on 3.1 for workgroups after using Dos shell, now that was a big leap 😆

  • @JaySee5
    @JaySee5 Рік тому

    I'm pretty sure connecting directly to the internet was implemented in Windows 95, not XP.

  • @davidbrooks9576
    @davidbrooks9576 Рік тому

    Bliss

  • @Maolana_ModiG
    @Maolana_ModiG Рік тому

    win 10 and 11 ruined the era of computer. now they are smartphones.

  • @generalinfo3598
    @generalinfo3598 Рік тому

    Lots of incorrect reporting. Changing HDD in XP does not make it unusable. There's a point system which MS used. Surge of viruses in XP is due to it's popularity. The increase of PC usage is not due to XP, but the affordability and need/want of a computer.

  • @OneOfThePetes
    @OneOfThePetes Рік тому

    I just borked a bit at the OS2 was a version of windows bit........

  • @amrsaad3660
    @amrsaad3660 Рік тому

    is this a video about this wallpaper or about windows xp???????????????????

  • @AWIRE_onpc
    @AWIRE_onpc Рік тому

    good video

  • @danielvasquez3758
    @danielvasquez3758 Рік тому +4

    Microsoft still going strong huh?? After buying Activision and getting the new Xbox consoles out, sure they're not going anywhere!!

  • @ivofernandes88
    @ivofernandes88 Рік тому

    I bet most don't know what stands for XP.
    It means eXPerience. Don't need to thank me 😊

  • @PrezidentHughes
    @PrezidentHughes Рік тому

    Crappy Software = MSN Messenger?
    BLASPHEMY! 😐
    They need the bring MSN Messenger back!!!
    But XP was awesome. Windows nowadays looks so boring. There isn't even a standard startup/shutdown jingle. Media Player made big strides back then and Windows Media Center was great. Most bits of software that came out in the XP could actually run on most systems. Now, hardware and software development is so rapid, a lot of software can't run properly unless your system is jacked to the gills. Especially games. Back then most games seem to run effortlessly on XP systems. And because the system was so open, there were so many things the average hobbyist could get up to.

  • @jayasuriyas2604
    @jayasuriyas2604 Рік тому

    why does the editing look like too many stock photos?

  • @thatoneguywifi
    @thatoneguywifi Рік тому +1

    windows xp means windows nostalgia, how? idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @kiaan00008
    @kiaan00008 Рік тому +1

    true

  • @armanyusuf
    @armanyusuf Рік тому

    True that 0:19

  • @sxz7762
    @sxz7762 Рік тому

    Are you tokyosaurus

  • @JusticeForQ
    @JusticeForQ Рік тому +1

    Just came to watch and say hi. 644th view

  • @hitmusicworldwide
    @hitmusicworldwide Рік тому

    I have and have used Windows, Linux and Mac OS personally and professionally managing hundreds of machines. In this video computers means Windows OS. Apple introduced the Unix based OS 10 in March 2001 beating the introduction of Windows XP by months. I have owned Macs since the original Macintosh in 1984 . I've owned Windows machines. I've managed hundreds and hundreds of Macs in professional and corporate environments. I have never once had to deal with a virus, trojan, worm, etc. For a while XP was so bad that as soon as you connected it to the internet you were infected. Screw all the fanboy stuff from whatever sides people tend to cling to looking for identity. It's taken quite some time for Windows to get its act together and it still hasn't completely. I guess that's why Microsoft uses Linux internally. Apple does too but OS X and Linux are cousins. Yes the wallpaper is iconic to Windows users but to the Mac world it's just another pretty picture. Many people have said that when Macs become increasingly numerous that they would become the target of malware and other security problems. I've got seven Macs right now and I am still unaffected by all of the problems that hit Windows users. That's an indication that there are deeper problems and flaws in the Microsoft OS. It's not just about the numbers because as we all know Macs are more expensive, so if you hijack a Mac you are probably hijacking someone with a lot more income to spend then some person that is only able to afford the cheap PCs sold in the hundreds of millions.

  • @YoussefGamerYT
    @YoussefGamerYT Рік тому +3

    second again ok

  • @kamel418
    @kamel418 Рік тому

    XP was my favourite until Windows 10
    I never liked Windows 7

  • @kiaan00008
    @kiaan00008 Рік тому +1

    i liked the video

  • @isheray9530
    @isheray9530 Рік тому

    8 was and still is the worst in my opinion

  • @REDREDStrawberry
    @REDREDStrawberry Рік тому

    Please lessen the voice over.

  • @98SE
    @98SE Рік тому +1

    4 minutes ago!

  • @CappyLarou
    @CappyLarou Рік тому

    sub-SEE-qwent is not how that is said. please go and read a dictionary