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andaitoday at 12:21 PM2 repliesview on HN

The other day I mused, "software used to look like an alien space ship. Now it looks like paperwork."

I wasn't even thinking of the Xbox when I wrote that, just software in general in those days. Feels like everything had depth, character, texture...

But reading this article, man the Xbox sounds amazing! I need to buy one now.


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AlienRobottoday at 12:26 PM

For a brief, a very brief moment, between beige Windows 98 and glass-like Windows Vista, we had a "fun" Windows XP. Thinking back it's a bit ironic. For most of history the OS'es didn't look fun, but it was that colorful one I'm most fond of.

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