Some Bliss/XP lore: "Apparently it’s real! To commemorate the end of support for Windows XP, Microsoft made a video about the photographer who took the iconic picture. Chuck O’Rear got the image in southern Sonoma County, north of San Francisco. He took it on a Mamiya RZ67 camera with color Fuji Film and a tripod. O’Rear explains in the video: There was nothing unusual. I used a film that had more brilliant colors, the Fuji Film at that time, and the lenses of the RZ67 were just remarkable. The size of the camera and film together made the difference and I think helped the Bliss photograph stand out even more. I think if I had shot it with 35 millimeter, it would not have nearly the same effect. O’Rear visits the original site, talks about the dangerous, winding roads in the area, and discusses the process he went through to sell Microsoft the photo. Even then, before anyone in the public had ever seen it, Microsoft valued it so highly that O’Rear couldn’t find a courier service willing to take the liability of transporting it. Eventually Microsoft paid for a plane ticket so he could carry the photo himself to their offices."
@@chrisnielsen9885 These are the words of the photographer himself. The saturation was added in post by Microsoft. You can see the original photo on his website
@@thomasvleminckx If you haven’t shot velvia you probably think the saturation was added but that’s why photogs shot that film because it was wildly colorful
@@chrisnielsen9885 I KNOW the sat was added in post because the photographer said so. You keep speaking authoritatively about his, in direct opposition to the guy who actually made and sold the photo. No offense, but I'll take his word over yours
@@thomasvleminckx sure. I’m only speaking from a position of having shot Velvia for 20 years. What could I possibly know about how it reproduces color, right?
We were blessed to grow up without a smartphone in our hand since birth. The world was different. Things were simpler. Technology has advanced society, but we've also lost something. We've paid a great price for 24/7 phones in our pocket, social media every second, and an internet dominated by commerce and control. I said something similar on another Retrovex video. Shout out to all the 80's and 90's kids out there. Life was better.
Every iPhone has GarageBand for free and the option not to install TikTok, Android phones can emulate almost any old computer your heart desires and the camera could capture the next ‘Bliss’ so it can’t be all bad 😊
@@SproutyPottedPlant It's true, the degree to which some fields which were only accessible to the rich and connected (film, music, etc.) have opened up is amazing. Hopefully some day we'll reach an equilibrium with all of the other things that have come along with it.
@@SproutyPottedPlant iPhone is a walled garden, TikTok was so bad it had to be banned, good luck typing out DOS commands on a virtual keyboard, and the cameras are there only to make selfies, cat, and food photos for Instagram (also data collection).
Yeah now we are all a bunch of addicts. I used to switch smartphone with a caterpillar b30 (a dumb phone) for years and was happy. Now for travel reasons I got back Instagram and smartphone but honestly I'm not happy. Much better without! When I go back I'll surely return to caterpillar. It's some kind of fake light, I call it ''the luciferi effect'', lucifer mean ''light bringer'', but it's a fake light, a scam. When you touch that light you get scammed and you become addicted, this is what happen with Smartphone, we were blinded by that light because it was insanely attractive. I agree anyway, but isn't all, think when you was a kid and perhaps you used to play ps2, mostly of us couldn't play online so bring a friend at home and play togheter and that was a magic moment. Now modern kids plays from their own homes together and isn't the same thing. Our brain has been atrophied with all this scrollling thing, dopamine addictions, ecc..Also I still remind as a kid that magic moment with Windows xp.
I am from 90s, man, I wish I could have a chance to experience these golden times once again. World has become so filled with new technology and all that allegedly important stuff yet when you look back in the past, everything was much more simple and genuine... I really miss those times...
Linux Mint Cinnamon is as close as you can get and Garuda Cinnamon the desktop environment was purposely engineered to look and feel like Windows but I recommend Linux Mint Cinnamon for more of a Windows XP type feeling with some work arounds you can install Steam through either VIA Terminal or VIA Software Manager I find it easier using the Terminal though you can even make it LOOK like Windows XP if you want.
When I think back to the early 2000s, I fondly remember when Windows XP came out and what an amazing time it was between 2001 and 2007/08. Those 6 years or so, were so incredible for so many things. Movies, music, TV shows, etc. This was pre smart phone days and people still used flip phones. Many people remember non stop 24/7 downloading music from Napster, Limewire, and Morpheus. I still have CD's that I burned on my computer using Nero. Good times they were.
If you read this then I bet you didn't know the military still uses Windows XP you might be able to get away with using it if you work your way into the military rumor has it people have been seeing them use Windows XP but it will not be your equipment Microsoft needs a special program to buy a custom kernel from them to restore old Windows they would make serious money off it.
I was crying by that 2 minute mark, man. You can remove the segment, if you so choose, but... I wouldn't. Stand your ground, as we've all stood ours, fighting for this future that we dreamed so powerfully in the past. We can make this happen, so. Let's. It takes all of us. It's important we remember where we've been, both positive and negative, to truly shape us to be who we are. Never forget.
my goodness Kilobyte, thank you for your heartfelt message, it is important to remember, both good and bad, the past and present form our future, while I wish did keep the intro I wanted to keep the video simple so it can be used for relaxation after release. Also i can't believe i'm saying this but please don't overspend your money on me hahah, I really appriciate it though i really do! you've been on a roll lately 💙 it really means a lot!
@@RetrovexAmbientMakes sense, it's definitely out of the normal. But at the same time, maybe upload the segment as a separate vid and link it? i dunno. it really hit my heart. and as for the cash, dude you earned it! Don't sweat it. Keep up the amazing work, you seem to be a great person.
"It's going to be okay... things are going to get better" I hope those words touch someone who needed to hear them, cause they're true. ❤if you're feeling like today's the end, just keep holding on to the fact that tomorrow *can* and _will_ be better.
@illumonic9026 Oh look it's my old car... I don't own that one anymore. Happy memories. Glad I had the chance to miss it before they all disappeared off the face of the earth.
thats the crux of technology, youre happy with the new upgrade, then it becomes "old and slow" and you wanna upgrade again, rinse and repeat in fast fashion for 3 decades and this is what we get.. a yearning for a past where times were "simpler", but that past isnt that far back.
Windows XP was as far as my father made it in this world before leaving in 2004 after 74 years. As an IT person it's strange to think of one's parents like this, but I'm glad he got to experience a glimpse of what computers were going to be like at such an optimistic time.
This is exactly how I think about things too. My mother passed in 2021 and it was truly the last year social media still felt like it was only in the series of tubes, not in the world. I feel good knowing that her world wasn't completely turned on it's head before she passed. She experienced nothing newer than 2016 tech. Essentially Windows XP, OSX before it became MacOS, Amazon before robots, iTunes before Apple Music, she still ripped CDs and Blu-Rays like I showed her to, printed recipes, had Cable TV, drove a car without phone integrations or overbearing safety features and organized her photos on her hard drive instead of a cloud. As I discovered this channel and listened to them I made note that all these things she did are things I've missed so much I simply want to unplug from the drama of Moore's Law and live in peace with this ancient, mostly functional technology. Life was good. Thanks for leaving this comment, I needed to write that.
Kingdom of heaven to your parents and my father (and relatives/ancestors)!.. He also died in 2022 from Covid, almost at 60 (and exactly one month later on this day and in my BD [birthday] and 2 months before his BD began SMO [Special military operation] - symbolic. Replacing the pandemic...). He even then, when it was released, called Win10 - spy (although I learned about NSAKEY - National Security Agency - in old Win in the comments of a neighboring video. Google it. In modern Win, this backdoor via the update channel for comrade major was called BadTunnel. I don't know how now...), he was a technical person (engineer\communications adio technician) and self-taught in the PC, knew more than many and helped everyone with any question on the PC... Now there is no man in the house (I am weak, as it were) and there is no one to deal with technology\computers\home (I can, but not particularly attracted)... We had a difficult relationship (in his heart, he loved us. The life situation was also not easy - "everything is just like people"), but I miss it... Also for those times when he, the supplier of PC\technologies to the house, was still alive - in 97 ~ he brought a PC with a pirated HL (my first game. Not counting the Minesweeper\Klondike [solitaire]) on a CD-RW and he looked like (reminded me of) Gordon Freeman (also, by the way, Vitalik from iXBT Games. Well, these are local video game reviewers\guru, you don't know. Ironically, now it also in stasis, as soon as all of us [?], and HL3 is now outside the window)... Коуб: 2ccvoc ("С возвращением, Старина λ" \ CC2PFQVe-8U - "Half-Life 2 - I am the Freeman [3D Trailer]") * Also check the atmospheric channel about HL: CoreyLaddo... 🫡🙏🏻
Kingdom of heaven to your parents and my father (and relatives/ancestors)!.. He also died in 2022 from Covid, almost at 60 (and exactly one month later on this day and in my BD [birthday] and 2 months before his BD began SMO [Special military operation] - symbolic. Replacing the pandemic...). He even then, when it was released, called Win10 - spy (although I learned about NSAKEY - National Security Agency - in old Win in the comments of a neighboring video. Google it. In modern Win, this backdoor via the update channel for comrade major was called BadTunnel. I don't know how now...), he was a technical person (engineer\communications adio technician) and self-taught in the PC, knew more than many and helped everyone with any question on the PC... Now there is no man in the house (I am weak, as it were) and there is no one to deal with technology\computers\home (I can, but not particularly attracted)... We had a difficult relationship (in his heart, he loved us. The life situation was also not easy - "everything is just like people"), but I miss it... Also for those times when he, the supplier of PC\technologies to the house, was still alive - in 97 ~ he brought a PC with a pirated HL (my first game. Not counting the Minesweeper\Klondike [solitaire]) on a CD-RW and he looked like (reminded me of) Gordon Freeman (also, by the way, Vitalik from iXBT Games. Well, these are local video game reviewers\guru, you don't know. Ironically, now it also in stasis, as soon as all of us [?], and HL3 is now outside the window)... Коуб: 2ccvoc ("С возвращением, Старина λ" \ CC2PFQVe-8U - "Half-Life 2 - I am the Freeman [3D Trailer]") * Also check the atmospheric channel about HL: CoreyLaddo... 🫡🙏🏻
Царствия небесного вашим родителям и моему отцу (и родне\предкам)!.. Он также умер в 2022 от Ковида, почти в 60 (и ровно через месяц в этот день и в мой ДР и за 2 месяца до его ДР началось СВО - символично. Заменив пандемию...). Он уже тогда, при выходе её, называл Вин10 - шпионской (хотя я тут у вас в комментах соседнего видео узнал о NSAKEY - National Security Agency - в старых Виндовс. Гуглите это. В современных Виндовс этот бэк-дор по каналу обновлений для товарища майора назывался BadTunnel. Ща не знаю как...), он был техническим человеком (инженер\связист\радиотехник) и самоучкой в ПК, знал поболее многих и всем помогал с любым вопросом по ПК... Теперь в доме как бы нет мужчины (я слабоват как бы) и некому особо заниматься технологиями\компьютерами\домом (я могу, но не особо прельщает)... У нас были трудные отношения (в душе он любил нас. Жизненная ситуация была также непростая - "всё, как у людей"), но я скучаю... Также и по тем временам, когда и он, поставщик ПК\технологий в дом, был жив ещё - в 97 ~ он принёс ПК с пиратской HL (первая игра моя. Не считая Сапёра\Косынки) на болванке и сам внешне был похож (напоминал мне) на Гордона Фримена (ещё, кстати, Виталик из iXBT Games. Ну это местные гуру\обзорщики видеоигр, вы не знаете. Иронично, сейчас тоже в стазисе, как и скоро все мы [?], а HL3 ща за окном)... Коуб: 2ccvoc ("С возвращением, Старина λ" \ CC2PFQVe-8U - "Half-Life 2 - I am the Freeman [3D Trailer]") * Также чекните атмосферный канал о HL: CoreyLaddo... 🫡🙏🏻
College. Still got my HP Pavilion with 60 GB hard drive, 512 MB of RAM, 56k modem, 10/100 ethernet, DVD-ROM drive, and built-in WiFi card. Most laptops at the time needed a separate card inserted to achieve wireless connectivity. XP was a joy to use. How time flies!
This episode was greatly inspired by the early 2000s, the hopeful future, and the early days of the frutiger aero aesthetic. 5:22 The Bubbles were inspired by the frutiger aero stock images and i decided to credits my supporters in them to show my gratitude. Having nearly lost my hearing in my right ear, it took a big toll on me and resulted in me not being able to finish this sooner, but after getting better, I had a whole new view on life, how things can always get bad, but eventually things will bounce right back up. I felt like a new born, full of inspiration, and will, to create meaningful and creative projects, and I definitely don't take things for granted now, every time i am able to hear now I smile, I feel so grateful that I have the ability to experience not only my works but everyone else's, a world without sound would be soul crushing for me. So this is my message in this episode, no matter how bad it gets, there's always a modicum of hope that things will eventually turn for the better 💙 th-cam.com/video/rjmy3eI8CN8/w-d-xo.html here is the original message intro before the cut. thought it'd be better to separate it to keep the relaxation of the xp intact for your daily needs 💙
I think the 9-11 stuff would be best put in a separate video, as it doesn't really fit the chill vibe you're going for. Thanks again for the chat earlier, and I'm really glad you're feeling better. :)
Takes me back to 2002, watching my parents computer loading up slowly with windows media player automatically opening up playing "Like Humans Do" by David Byrne. I immediately closed it and played me some 3D pinball or some Sonic games that my uncle bought before getting exposed to the internet. Nostalgia. Good memories.
There is one thing that is better today and that is now we can use PCs and smartphones to create high quality, beautiful music that take us on a journey to the past for a much more reasonable price ❤
all the computers today are fast...incredibly fast, tons of RAM, huge monitors but ....but I really miss those times bro...so bad... a time of exploration, learning and joy...today are so ubiquitous, almost invasive.... I miss the time when a simple game like Doom, fury, need for speed or Descent was epic... play with friends for countless hours... At what moment we change our reality line to this?... is sad.
Thank you for the lovely video❗️❗️💜To anyone reading this,you are enough,you're beautiful( or handsome),loved and stay strong. Have a wonderfu day/nightl 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
I have tears in my eyes. I was so hyped to hear the Windows XP ambience theme and it's even BETTER than I'd imagined it would be. I believe in humanity again, if only for a little while. Thank you so much for making this, Retro. God speed. I'm going to rest in the eternal bliss.
Retrovex, your video has inspired me. This morning I dusted off my "old" 2016 computer, which still had Windows 7 on it. I wiped it, and using an original Windows XP install disc purchased by my dad in 2004, installed XP. It's amazing. Looks and feels exactly the way I remember. And it's all still there. MSN Messenger is installed by default. Windows Media Player is still the cool one you can customize with all sorts of skins. And the desktop... pure "bliss". I still have a few kinks to iron out (upgrading to SP3, getting internet to work, finding audio drivers), but it already looks so good. This will sound dramatic, but it felt like coming home.
@@VaporChad. Not at all true if you have the Legacy Update installed, which restores Windows Update and brings its antivirus up to date as well. You will have to download a new browser, as IE8 doesn't work anymore.
is this what tears of joy feel like? this is like meeting an old friend after many years. things may have changed and time might have moved on but they're still the same as you remember. i used xp so much during school and at home back in the glory days. i still use my old xp machine after all these years. it's been upgraded a few times but it still works well.
I miss how comfy, nice, straight to the point and no bs XP was. Since then it's been mostly bells and whistles but at its core, XP had all the fundamentals of a perfect OS. Awesome ambient track and the perfect nostalgic trip I didn't know I needed.
Thanks a lot! Really brings back nostalgia. It may not have been easier before, but we didn't have unlimited Internet access in our pockets. And that’s why every second spent at the computer was valuable. Because people really still knew how to live, despite digital technologies. This is why I adore the 2000s and 1990s! It would be interesting to hear the ambient music from the Sony Ericsson startup sound)
I have Retrobar running on 11 with an XP toolbar skin (also has the classic bubble for usb errors + eject which is nice) and knew complete reskinning was possible but it seemed daunting. Wonder if I could approach without screwing up my computer... or maybe I am overthinking it.
remember when using computers was an offline experience. i think it was better. no distractions, just you and the system, exploring the mysteries of the system. no search engine to hold your hand. if you couldnt get something working, it was like this big mystery trying to figure out which part of the system to go into and solve it. and then when you solved it your family would think you're such a genius and a computer whiz kid
I grew up on 95/98 then went to school on XP and somehow in 2014 as a senior, they still were running XP at my local high school. Seeing that California hill default background will always be a happy place.
Thank you for this, here because a friend linked me to your Windows 2000 one and was hoping there was an XP version too. Found it! XP was one of the main operating systems of my childhood, had an offline tower that I would play any cd game my father had around the house or bought for me in 2008. A good mix of educational games, and RCT + RCT2 mainly, but really enjoyed messing around with Powerpoint and Word. Pinball was great. Sadly the tower went to a family member right before we moved. Really don't remember the early 2000s because I was the last born of last century, but so far this feels like home.
This is an escape for me. Lately things seem so dire. Deadlines, money being tight, the media trying to convince us all to hate one another. I realize now that I can change my circle in life. Those who matter to me are all that matter. I can only do so much and then I have to accept what is and let go of the other stuff. I'll get through this; I always have.
That's a very good soundscape, nice background, and that music reminds me a bit of Jean-Michel Jarre's "Waiting for Cousteau". It's awesome and good work.
Oh yeah this one made me smile. I could feel the grass, the type that isn't dry and poky but smooth to lay in and not feel all itchy. I could also feel a warm breeze and the sun while the clouds rolled by, a place that is safe. :) One thing tho for the bubbles. It was a little difficult to read the names as they were fuzzy. Perhaps have them a bit more crisper with a black border around the name? I understand they were in a bubble so they were made to look as if the letters wouldn't pop them but just a suggestion to be more legible. Thank you for this one friend :)
nice vide, ive always loved these relaxing y2k and frutiger aero videos. yet another reason why i prefer living in the present cause having access to these kinds of playlists is the best
I had the opportunity to learn about this system when I was little, it was wonderful to learn about this system, there I learned everything I could do with the machine. It was the only perfect year to give birth to my world of curiosity and learning about computers and internet the Windows XP.
Please please please make one for Windows Vista. I’ve waited years to hear something like this for this specific vibe XP gives… same with the other Windows Nostalgia videos, and I really think you might create something I could only imagine hearing in my dreams. I am begging you for a windows vista soundscape. Edit: this beautiful bastard actually did it 🙌🏼
I fell asleep to this calming down my nerves and had a dream about being a kid again and I was in meadows exploring the area it felt too realistic almost as if I was being immersed into the music and it was alternating my reality although I know it wasn't because I know I was dreaming Windows XP was my childhood I can always virtual machine it to get all the old games back from Windows I swear using oracle virtualbox is a practical time machine.
I found a Windows 7 emachine with a 2 core duo for casual use and can be used for Retro gaming I'm giving it a spin and browsers like Iron Browser with with security updates in 2024 idk if it works on Windows XP though I haven't salvaged a computer off ebay. I am putting a firewall on this thing and currently running on security software I am using OEM keys I need a break from all this modern propaganda and over hype Opera works but make sure you have AdGuard and uBlock Origin to remain safe on older Windows. Not a lot you can do but retro game I am only experimenting I run off nothing but OEM keys so I should be fine running older Windows my Windows 10 computer will be added to the retro list once it hits Windows 10 End of Life and I might salvage a Windows 8 computer I am thinking of making a custom made modern retro computer running modern specs on it to revive the disk drive for CDs so people can run things like DVDs on it in theory it SHOULD work but you will need a custom case that allows you to install a CD drive including a motherboard that can run modern specs this is our last chance for recovery to the REAL normal wish me luck!
This was exactly what I needed when I needed it most. Been looking forward to XP and it's somehow more beautiful than I was hoping for. Thank you for this.
all the things that were happening back then... were just things...now... they are memories. they all felt so mundane, yet somehow some of those things feel like a luxury... time with my siblings, my dad arguing with his computer, me playing Age of Empires III on mine. I never thought...
I was born in 2002 and when i used to go to primary school we used to have windows xp as operating systems. Even though the support for xp ended in 2014 and we canr use it anymore (except for some bank machines) i like to go on TH-cam and watch some windows xp related videos. Recently my mom bought me a new laptop (due to my old laptop from 2015 gwtting oldee amd dustier by the day) amd i made it to look like windows xp. Icons, stsrt menu, etc etc. I also remember my dad having a windows xp back in the day and playinf solitaire in his bedroom while having techno music in the background. Those were the days. May windows xp's legacy live on. 2001-2014.
My grandpa gave me an old laptop from 2004 fairly recently and to my surprise, it was actually a pretty much completely functional Windows XP machine. :D It was basically a time capsule of the late 2000s when I received it as that was when it was last seriously used. The battery is also somehow not dead. The whole thing is in shockingly nice condition and it's an excellent addition to my collection.
Technically Microsoft was still supporting XP as late as around 2018 for the US Navy, however, it cost like $9 million a year to pay for it. And I guess there was a British Royal Navy ship running Windows ME around the same time frame
Man... what a September that was in the beginning. I still vividly remember (as a kid) how global connectivity paused for quite a while after. Really one of those world-changing moments.
Used windows XP from first computer our family bought in 2004 until august of 2012. Sometimes we help to fix some computers and when someone with older cheaper computer wants us to do full reinstallation they get XP. Today there are peoples out there still using XP.
Thanks for the music and videos you make. I love this Windows mini-journey story. Your music helps me a lot with headaches (and with painkillers) Your creativity is very inspiring (I even want to draw fanart)🌿❤💛💚💙 English is not my native language (sorry if I translated it wrong😅)
As someone that grew up with Windows 98, and had used Windows 3.11 and 95 as well, it makes me feel old to realize that XP is over 20 years old now. People who were little kids when they used it as their first OS are now adults. I guess I was practically a kid myself... would have been around 15 when it got released. I actually had to look it up, I did not realize it was 2001. It had a rough start though, it was very bloated for the PCs at the time. It took a couple service packs, and hardware manufacturers catching up, for it to be usable. It was at least a few years later that I actually upgraded to it myself.
Эх-х... Раньше действительно было душевнее 😉❗ Я когда был маленький, в 2004 году у отца появился первый компьютер ( собрал из тех комплектующих которые ему отдали, что-то докупил). И первой системой была именно Windows XP. И моей первой игрой - была NFS 5. Я даже помню первый раз когда установили - машины были без колёс 😏😁. Потом переустановили - колёса появились 😁. Я на компьютере прошёл множество игр: NFS, всякие шутеры, казуалки. Смотрел множество мультфильмов ( особенно советские - "Ну погоди!" "Тайна третьей планеты", интересные др.мультфильмы ). P.S. К чему я это всё написал... Цените то время которое есть, особенно детство. Раньше скажу честно - люди были чище и искреннее, интернет был действительно интересным, увлекательным, без этого коммерческого мусора, злобы, ненависти, грязной политики и т.д. Эх... Вернуться бы в то время, хотя бы ненадолго 😏😉.
This is awsome, great work again I can't wait for windows vista/7, which speaking of, how far do you plan to take this series? I imagen to keep that nostolgic wave this has all been riding on windows 7 seems like the last microsoft os you could do though I personally wouldn't mind also seeing a windows 8 or 10 though it would hit diffrent.
Some Bliss/XP lore:
"Apparently it’s real! To commemorate the end of support for Windows XP, Microsoft made a video about the photographer who took the iconic picture.
Chuck O’Rear got the image in southern Sonoma County, north of San Francisco. He took it on a Mamiya RZ67 camera with color Fuji Film and a tripod. O’Rear explains in the video:
There was nothing unusual. I used a film that had more brilliant colors, the Fuji Film at that time, and the lenses of the RZ67 were just remarkable. The size of the camera and film together made the difference and I think helped the Bliss photograph stand out even more. I think if I had shot it with 35 millimeter, it would not have nearly the same effect.
O’Rear visits the original site, talks about the dangerous, winding roads in the area, and discusses the process he went through to sell Microsoft the photo. Even then, before anyone in the public had ever seen it, Microsoft valued it so highly that O’Rear couldn’t find a courier service willing to take the liability of transporting it. Eventually Microsoft paid for a plane ticket so he could carry the photo himself to their offices."
I am 99% sure he used Velvia 50. That is why it's so saturated and why the clouds are blown out since Velvia has a famously tragic lack of latitude
@@chrisnielsen9885 These are the words of the photographer himself. The saturation was added in post by Microsoft. You can see the original photo on his website
@@thomasvleminckx If you haven’t shot velvia you probably think the saturation was added but that’s why photogs shot that film because it was wildly colorful
@@chrisnielsen9885 I KNOW the sat was added in post because the photographer said so. You keep speaking authoritatively about his, in direct opposition to the guy who actually made and sold the photo. No offense, but I'll take his word over yours
@@thomasvleminckx sure. I’m only speaking from a position of having shot Velvia for 20 years. What could I possibly know about how it reproduces color, right?
We were blessed to grow up without a smartphone in our hand since birth. The world was different. Things were simpler. Technology has advanced society, but we've also lost something. We've paid a great price for 24/7 phones in our pocket, social media every second, and an internet dominated by commerce and control. I said something similar on another Retrovex video. Shout out to all the 80's and 90's kids out there. Life was better.
Every iPhone has GarageBand for free and the option not to install TikTok, Android phones can emulate almost any old computer your heart desires and the camera could capture the next ‘Bliss’ so it can’t be all bad 😊
@@SproutyPottedPlant It's true, the degree to which some fields which were only accessible to the rich and connected (film, music, etc.) have opened up is amazing. Hopefully some day we'll reach an equilibrium with all of the other things that have come along with it.
@@SproutyPottedPlant iPhone is a walled garden, TikTok was so bad it had to be banned, good luck typing out DOS commands on a virtual keyboard, and the cameras are there only to make selfies, cat, and food photos for Instagram (also data collection).
Yeah now we are all a bunch of addicts. I used to switch smartphone with a caterpillar b30 (a dumb phone) for years and was happy. Now for travel reasons I got back Instagram and smartphone but honestly I'm not happy. Much better without! When I go back I'll surely return to caterpillar. It's some kind of fake light, I call it ''the luciferi effect'', lucifer mean ''light bringer'', but it's a fake light, a scam. When you touch that light you get scammed and you become addicted, this is what happen with Smartphone, we were blinded by that light because it was insanely attractive.
I agree anyway, but isn't all, think when you was a kid and perhaps you used to play ps2, mostly of us couldn't play online so bring a friend at home and play togheter and that was a magic moment. Now modern kids plays from their own homes together and isn't the same thing.
Our brain has been atrophied with all this scrollling thing, dopamine addictions, ecc..Also I still remind as a kid that magic moment with Windows xp.
And the 00's!
I am from 90s, man, I wish I could have a chance to experience these golden times once again. World has become so filled with new technology and all that allegedly important stuff yet when you look back in the past, everything was much more simple and genuine... I really miss those times...
Linux Mint Cinnamon is as close as you can get and Garuda Cinnamon the desktop environment was purposely engineered to look and feel like Windows but I recommend Linux Mint Cinnamon for more of a Windows XP type feeling with some work arounds you can install Steam through either VIA Terminal or VIA Software Manager I find it easier using the Terminal though you can even make it LOOK like Windows XP if you want.
We were in an age when progress was visibly being made without the guidance of the elders. Now, it is just content
When I think back to the early 2000s, I fondly remember when Windows XP came out and what an amazing time it was between 2001 and 2007/08. Those 6 years or so, were so incredible for so many things. Movies, music, TV shows, etc. This was pre smart phone days and people still used flip phones. Many people remember non stop 24/7 downloading music from Napster, Limewire, and Morpheus. I still have CD's that I burned on my computer using Nero. Good times they were.
Windows XP has been and will always be my favorite OS forever
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I had amazing times with it ❤
you are missed. truly the greatest operating system of all time.
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If you read this then I bet you didn't know the military still uses Windows XP you might be able to get away with using it if you work your way into the military rumor has it people have been seeing them use Windows XP but it will not be your equipment Microsoft needs a special program to buy a custom kernel from them to restore old Windows they would make serious money off it.
Yeah I had great times with it! 😊
I was crying by that 2 minute mark, man. You can remove the segment, if you so choose, but... I wouldn't. Stand your ground, as we've all stood ours, fighting for this future that we dreamed so powerfully in the past. We can make this happen, so. Let's. It takes all of us. It's important we remember where we've been, both positive and negative, to truly shape us to be who we are. Never forget.
my goodness Kilobyte, thank you for your heartfelt message, it is important to remember, both good and bad, the past and present form our future, while I wish did keep the intro I wanted to keep the video simple so it can be used for relaxation after release.
Also i can't believe i'm saying this but please don't overspend your money on me hahah, I really appriciate it though i really do! you've been on a roll lately 💙 it really means a lot!
@@RetrovexAmbientMakes sense, it's definitely out of the normal. But at the same time, maybe upload the segment as a separate vid and link it? i dunno. it really hit my heart. and as for the cash, dude you earned it! Don't sweat it. Keep up the amazing work, you seem to be a great person.
"It's going to be okay... things are going to get better"
I hope those words touch someone who needed to hear them, cause they're true. ❤if you're feeling like today's the end, just keep holding on to the fact that tomorrow *can* and _will_ be better.
I want you to be right, my friend. Thank you for saying.
Technology moved so fast... things disappeared before we had chance to miss them.
You typically don't miss them before they disappear.
@illumonic9026 Oh look it's my old car... I don't own that one anymore. Happy memories. Glad I had the chance to miss it before they all disappeared off the face of the earth.
thats the crux of technology, youre happy with the new upgrade, then it becomes "old and slow" and you wanna upgrade again, rinse and repeat in fast fashion for 3 decades and this is what we get.. a yearning for a past where times were "simpler", but that past isnt that far back.
@@StuartCullen Well if we are on that, then the tech your missing can probably found somewhere, just not NEW in-store.
Windows XP was as far as my father made it in this world before leaving in 2004 after 74 years. As an IT person it's strange to think of one's parents like this, but I'm glad he got to experience a glimpse of what computers were going to be like at such an optimistic time.
This is exactly how I think about things too. My mother passed in 2021 and it was truly the last year social media still felt like it was only in the series of tubes, not in the world. I feel good knowing that her world wasn't completely turned on it's head before she passed. She experienced nothing newer than 2016 tech. Essentially Windows XP, OSX before it became MacOS, Amazon before robots, iTunes before Apple Music, she still ripped CDs and Blu-Rays like I showed her to, printed recipes, had Cable TV, drove a car without phone integrations or overbearing safety features and organized her photos on her hard drive instead of a cloud. As I discovered this channel and listened to them I made note that all these things she did are things I've missed so much I simply want to unplug from the drama of Moore's Law and live in peace with this ancient, mostly functional technology. Life was good. Thanks for leaving this comment, I needed to write that.
Kingdom of heaven to your parents and my father (and relatives/ancestors)!.. He also died in 2022 from Covid, almost at 60 (and exactly one month later on this day and in my BD [birthday] and 2 months before his BD began SMO [Special military operation] - symbolic. Replacing the pandemic...). He even then, when it was released, called Win10 - spy (although I learned about NSAKEY - National Security Agency - in old Win in the comments of a neighboring video. Google it. In modern Win, this backdoor via the update channel for comrade major was called BadTunnel. I don't know how now...), he was a technical person (engineer\communications
adio technician) and self-taught in the PC, knew more than many and helped everyone with any question on the PC... Now there is no man in the house (I am weak, as it were) and there is no one to deal with technology\computers\home (I can, but not particularly attracted)... We had a difficult relationship (in his heart, he loved us. The life situation was also not easy - "everything is just like people"), but I miss it... Also for those times when he, the supplier of PC\technologies to the house, was still alive - in 97 ~ he brought a PC with a pirated HL (my first game. Not counting the Minesweeper\Klondike [solitaire]) on a CD-RW and he looked like (reminded me of) Gordon Freeman (also, by the way, Vitalik from iXBT Games. Well, these are local video game reviewers\guru, you don't know. Ironically, now it also in stasis, as soon as all of us [?], and HL3 is now outside the window)...
Коуб: 2ccvoc ("С возвращением, Старина λ" \ CC2PFQVe-8U - "Half-Life 2 - I am the Freeman [3D Trailer]")
* Also check the atmospheric channel about HL: CoreyLaddo...
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Kingdom of heaven to your parents and my father (and relatives/ancestors)!.. He also died in 2022 from Covid, almost at 60 (and exactly one month later on this day and in my BD [birthday] and 2 months before his BD began SMO [Special military operation] - symbolic. Replacing the pandemic...). He even then, when it was released, called Win10 - spy (although I learned about NSAKEY - National Security Agency - in old Win in the comments of a neighboring video. Google it. In modern Win, this backdoor via the update channel for comrade major was called BadTunnel. I don't know how now...), he was a technical person (engineer\communications
adio technician) and self-taught in the PC, knew more than many and helped everyone with any question on the PC... Now there is no man in the house (I am weak, as it were) and there is no one to deal with technology\computers\home (I can, but not particularly attracted)... We had a difficult relationship (in his heart, he loved us. The life situation was also not easy - "everything is just like people"), but I miss it... Also for those times when he, the supplier of PC\technologies to the house, was still alive - in 97 ~ he brought a PC with a pirated HL (my first game. Not counting the Minesweeper\Klondike [solitaire]) on a CD-RW and he looked like (reminded me of) Gordon Freeman (also, by the way, Vitalik from iXBT Games. Well, these are local video game reviewers\guru, you don't know. Ironically, now it also in stasis, as soon as all of us [?], and HL3 is now outside the window)...
Коуб: 2ccvoc ("С возвращением, Старина λ" \ CC2PFQVe-8U - "Half-Life 2 - I am the Freeman [3D Trailer]")
* Also check the atmospheric channel about HL: CoreyLaddo...
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Царствия небесного вашим родителям и моему отцу (и родне\предкам)!.. Он также умер в 2022 от Ковида, почти в 60 (и ровно через месяц в этот день и в мой ДР и за 2 месяца до его ДР началось СВО - символично. Заменив пандемию...). Он уже тогда, при выходе её, называл Вин10 - шпионской (хотя я тут у вас в комментах соседнего видео узнал о NSAKEY - National Security Agency - в старых Виндовс. Гуглите это. В современных Виндовс этот бэк-дор по каналу обновлений для товарища майора назывался BadTunnel. Ща не знаю как...), он был техническим человеком (инженер\связист\радиотехник) и самоучкой в ПК, знал поболее многих и всем помогал с любым вопросом по ПК... Теперь в доме как бы нет мужчины (я слабоват как бы) и некому особо заниматься технологиями\компьютерами\домом (я могу, но не особо прельщает)... У нас были трудные отношения (в душе он любил нас. Жизненная ситуация была также непростая - "всё, как у людей"), но я скучаю... Также и по тем временам, когда и он, поставщик ПК\технологий в дом, был жив ещё - в 97 ~ он принёс ПК с пиратской HL (первая игра моя. Не считая Сапёра\Косынки) на болванке и сам внешне был похож (напоминал мне) на Гордона Фримена (ещё, кстати, Виталик из iXBT Games. Ну это местные гуру\обзорщики видеоигр, вы не знаете. Иронично, сейчас тоже в стазисе, как и скоро все мы [?], а HL3 ща за окном)...
Коуб: 2ccvoc ("С возвращением, Старина λ" \ CC2PFQVe-8U - "Half-Life 2 - I am the Freeman [3D Trailer]")
* Также чекните атмосферный канал о HL: CoreyLaddo...
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College. Still got my HP Pavilion with 60 GB hard drive, 512 MB of RAM, 56k modem, 10/100 ethernet, DVD-ROM drive, and built-in WiFi card. Most laptops at the time needed a separate card inserted to achieve wireless connectivity. XP was a joy to use. How time flies!
This episode was greatly inspired by the early 2000s, the hopeful future, and the early days of the frutiger aero aesthetic.
5:22 The Bubbles were inspired by the frutiger aero stock images and i decided to credits my supporters in them to show my gratitude.
Having nearly lost my hearing in my right ear, it took a big toll on me and resulted in me not being able to finish this sooner, but after getting better, I had a whole new view on life, how things can always get bad, but eventually things will bounce right back up.
I felt like a new born, full of inspiration, and will, to create meaningful and creative projects, and I definitely don't take things for granted now, every time i am able to hear now I smile, I feel so grateful that I have the ability to experience not only my works but everyone else's, a world without sound would be soul crushing for me.
So this is my message in this episode, no matter how bad it gets, there's always a modicum of hope that things will eventually turn for the better 💙
th-cam.com/video/rjmy3eI8CN8/w-d-xo.html here is the original message intro before the cut.
thought it'd be better to separate it to keep the relaxation of the xp intact for your daily needs 💙
I think the 9-11 stuff would be best put in a separate video, as it doesn't really fit the chill vibe you're going for. Thanks again for the chat earlier, and I'm really glad you're feeling better. :)
This is a beautiful message for a beautiful video. Thank you.
Thank you for the amazing video, i hope you’ll get even better soon✨
Creating is all matters to people like us. Glad you're on the mend and keep going, always.
so beautiful. so beautiful..
51:27 Clippy jumpscare
Takes me back to 2002, watching my parents computer loading up slowly with windows media player automatically opening up playing "Like Humans Do" by David Byrne. I immediately closed it and played me some 3D pinball or some Sonic games that my uncle bought before getting exposed to the internet. Nostalgia. Good memories.
Thank you so much my friend.
Eagerly waiting for this one, I've loved listening to the windows 95 and 98 videos!
thank you! be sure to check out the other episodes if you want to catch up with the lore/story! :D 💙
@@RetrovexAmbient There's LORE?! :0
Same! I have a dedicated playlist for them that I listen to at work haha
There is one thing that is better today and that is now we can use PCs and smartphones to create high quality, beautiful music that take us on a journey to the past for a much more reasonable price ❤
People have been using computers for that since the early 90s, probably even earlier.
Definitely has that 1990s Orbital Halcyon vibe
i can hear it, went through the comments to see if someone mentioned it
all the computers today are fast...incredibly fast, tons of RAM, huge monitors but ....but I really miss those times bro...so bad... a time of exploration, learning and joy...today are so ubiquitous, almost invasive.... I miss the time when a simple game like Doom, fury, need for speed or Descent was epic... play with friends for countless hours... At what moment we change our reality line to this?... is sad.
Thank you for the lovely video❗️❗️💜To anyone reading this,you are enough,you're beautiful( or handsome),loved and stay strong. Have a wonderfu day/nightl 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
I have tears in my eyes. I was so hyped to hear the Windows XP ambience theme and it's even BETTER than I'd imagined it would be. I believe in humanity again, if only for a little while. Thank you so much for making this, Retro. God speed. I'm going to rest in the eternal bliss.
Retrovex, your video has inspired me. This morning I dusted off my "old" 2016 computer, which still had Windows 7 on it. I wiped it, and using an original Windows XP install disc purchased by my dad in 2004, installed XP. It's amazing. Looks and feels exactly the way I remember. And it's all still there. MSN Messenger is installed by default. Windows Media Player is still the cool one you can customize with all sorts of skins. And the desktop... pure "bliss". I still have a few kinks to iron out (upgrading to SP3, getting internet to work, finding audio drivers), but it already looks so good. This will sound dramatic, but it felt like coming home.
Don't connect it to internet if you don't want to get it full of viruses 😬
@@VaporChad. Not at all true if you have the Legacy Update installed, which restores Windows Update and brings its antivirus up to date as well. You will have to download a new browser, as IE8 doesn't work anymore.
It's almost crazy to look at XP and think it was such a revolutionary concept, now looking back at it with nostalgia
is this what tears of joy feel like? this is like meeting an old friend after many years. things may have changed and time might have moved on but they're still the same as you remember.
i used xp so much during school and at home back in the glory days. i still use my old xp machine after all these years. it's been upgraded a few times but it still works well.
I miss how comfy, nice, straight to the point and no bs XP was. Since then it's been mostly bells and whistles but at its core, XP had all the fundamentals of a perfect OS. Awesome ambient track and the perfect nostalgic trip I didn't know I needed.
That's just absolutely gorgeous. 💙💚🤍
Can you spot all the Clippy appearances? 📎👀
X that mf
This seems like a day as a toddler i remember i was alive and cautious one morning 🌄
Thanks a lot! Really brings back nostalgia. It may not have been easier before, but we didn't have unlimited Internet access in our pockets. And that’s why every second spent at the computer was valuable. Because people really still knew how to live, despite digital technologies. This is why I adore the 2000s and 1990s!
It would be interesting to hear the ambient music from the Sony Ericsson startup sound)
That intro gives me goosebumps every time.
Hands down this is your best out of the Windows ones. I keep replaying this. It's absolutely beautiful.
Excellent timing, I just made some changes to make my Windows 10 look like Windows XP
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ive had mine look like win98 for a while haha
@@JustinK0 now im curious how thatd look on w10, hahah, what tools did you use?
@@RetrovexAmbient Not to answer for him, but I for one used Open Shell. It also allows you to disguise your Windows 10/11 as Windows 98.
I have Retrobar running on 11 with an XP toolbar skin (also has the classic bubble for usb errors + eject which is nice) and knew complete reskinning was possible but it seemed daunting. Wonder if I could approach without screwing up my computer... or maybe I am overthinking it.
remember when using computers was an offline experience. i think it was better. no distractions, just you and the system, exploring the mysteries of the system. no search engine to hold your hand. if you couldnt get something working, it was like this big mystery trying to figure out which part of the system to go into and solve it. and then when you solved it your family would think you're such a genius and a computer whiz kid
I grew up on 95/98 then went to school on XP and somehow in 2014 as a senior, they still were running XP at my local high school. Seeing that California hill default background will always be a happy place.
What's funny is that in the Dutch version of XP, Bliss is titled "Ierland" (Ireland). Someone at Dutch Microsoft didn't do their homework!
Thats funny xD
It's glorious. I do feel better while listening:-)
So. Many. Feels. Reminds me of summer 2002
Why 2002 specifically ? What happened that summer ?
@@king--kang. That summer I got a copy of Windows XP and upgraded my family's PC to it. Fond memories
Thank you for this, here because a friend linked me to your Windows 2000 one and was hoping there was an XP version too. Found it! XP was one of the main operating systems of my childhood, had an offline tower that I would play any cd game my father had around the house or bought for me in 2008. A good mix of educational games, and RCT + RCT2 mainly, but really enjoyed messing around with Powerpoint and Word. Pinball was great. Sadly the tower went to a family member right before we moved.
Really don't remember the early 2000s because I was the last born of last century, but so far this feels like home.
Its like looking through a window into the past, of fuzzy warm memories of a simpler time. The wars in 2003 sadly changed everything.
Yes, that *other* time a global superpower invaded a smaller country on false pretenses.
I was looking forward to this one!
Wow what a cool video. Sounds wonderful too.
I liked Windows XP. Stable for me at least throughout its lifetime.
0:55 hit me right in the feels
This is so freaking cool!!!
I love the 95 and 98 versions, and this is one of the best ones you've done. Thank you.
Very nice visual
Dude you're getting a Dell!!! 🙌
This is an escape for me. Lately things seem so dire. Deadlines, money being tight, the media trying to convince us all to hate one another. I realize now that I can change my circle in life. Those who matter to me are all that matter. I can only do so much and then I have to accept what is and let go of the other stuff. I'll get through this; I always have.
This is probably the best thing on the web....
Incredible work of art. You be blessed my dude.
Amazing. I listen to these everyday.
Great RetroVX! There are some excellent premises!
That's a very good soundscape, nice background, and that music reminds me a bit of Jean-Michel Jarre's "Waiting for Cousteau". It's awesome and good work.
This really hits the spot 🤗
Oh yeah this one made me smile. I could feel the grass, the type that isn't dry and poky but smooth to lay in and not feel all itchy. I could also feel a warm breeze and the sun while the clouds rolled by, a place that is safe. :)
One thing tho for the bubbles. It was a little difficult to read the names as they were fuzzy. Perhaps have them a bit more crisper with a black border around the name? I understand they were in a bubble so they were made to look as if the letters wouldn't pop them but just a suggestion to be more legible.
Thank you for this one friend :)
Thank You.
this is amazing and wonderful, thank you for this
This is the one I was waiting for. Your crowning achievement. I love your ambience soundscapes and this is my new favorite. You're the GOAT.
Hearing this makes me feel young again😊
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
nice vide, ive always loved these relaxing y2k and frutiger aero videos. yet another reason why i prefer living in the present cause having access to these kinds of playlists is the best
Im glad you enjoyed it! 💙
I still have my old Windows XP. I use it to play games that are too old for my current laptop.
great job! I love it!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks!😌
💙 Thank YOU!
Basically what it felt like the first time being on a Windows XP computer way back.
You are a treasure! Glad you're back and feeling well.
I had the opportunity to learn about this system when I was little, it was wonderful to learn about this system, there I learned everything I could do with the machine. It was the only perfect year to give birth to my world of curiosity and learning about computers and internet the Windows XP.
Remember This Hill with the Internet Explorer sign on it especially with the island with the Three Palm Trees.
Please please please make one for Windows Vista. I’ve waited years to hear something like this for this specific vibe XP gives… same with the other Windows Nostalgia videos, and I really think you might create something I could only imagine hearing in my dreams.
I am begging you for a windows vista soundscape.
Edit: this beautiful bastard actually did it 🙌🏼
XD my pleasure💙
I fell asleep to this calming down my nerves and had a dream about being a kid again and I was in meadows exploring the area it felt too realistic almost as if I was being immersed into the music and it was alternating my reality although I know it wasn't because I know I was dreaming Windows XP was my childhood I can always virtual machine it to get all the old games back from Windows I swear using oracle virtualbox is a practical time machine.
I found a Windows 7 emachine with a 2 core duo for casual use and can be used for Retro gaming I'm giving it a spin and browsers like Iron Browser with with security updates in 2024 idk if it works on Windows XP though I haven't salvaged a computer off ebay. I am putting a firewall on this thing and currently running on security software I am using OEM keys I need a break from all this modern propaganda and over hype Opera works but make sure you have AdGuard and uBlock Origin to remain safe on older Windows. Not a lot you can do but retro game I am only experimenting I run off nothing but OEM keys so I should be fine running older Windows my Windows 10 computer will be added to the retro list once it hits Windows 10 End of Life and I might salvage a Windows 8 computer I am thinking of making a custom made modern retro computer running modern specs on it to revive the disk drive for CDs so people can run things like DVDs on it in theory it SHOULD work but you will need a custom case that allows you to install a CD drive including a motherboard that can run modern specs this is our last chance for recovery to the REAL normal wish me luck!
This was exactly what I needed when I needed it most. Been looking forward to XP and it's somehow more beautiful than I was hoping for. Thank you for this.
Section through 20:10 to 21:16 is absolutely beautiful
all the things that were happening back then... were just things...now... they are memories.
they all felt so mundane, yet somehow some of those things feel like a luxury... time with my siblings, my dad arguing with his computer, me playing Age of Empires III on mine.
I never thought...
YES FINALY 💚
I was born in 2002 and when i used to go to primary school we used to have windows xp as operating systems. Even though the support for xp ended in 2014 and we canr use it anymore (except for some bank machines) i like to go on TH-cam and watch some windows xp related videos. Recently my mom bought me a new laptop (due to my old laptop from 2015 gwtting oldee amd dustier by the day) amd i made it to look like windows xp. Icons, stsrt menu, etc etc. I also remember my dad having a windows xp back in the day and playinf solitaire in his bedroom while having techno music in the background.
Those were the days.
May windows xp's legacy live on.
2001-2014.
My grandpa gave me an old laptop from 2004 fairly recently and to my surprise, it was actually a pretty much completely functional Windows XP machine. :D
It was basically a time capsule of the late 2000s when I received it as that was when it was last seriously used. The battery is also somehow not dead.
The whole thing is in shockingly nice condition and it's an excellent addition to my collection.
Technically Microsoft was still supporting XP as late as around 2018 for the US Navy, however, it cost like $9 million a year to pay for it. And I guess there was a British Royal Navy ship running Windows ME around the same time frame
Reminds me of the film Demolition Man where, in the future, they play this serene sound like in your video and all is well.
Your work is getting better and better !
Thank you! Id hope so haha, hopefully youll think the same of the next episode coming out next week!💙
Man... what a September that was in the beginning. I still vividly remember (as a kid) how global connectivity paused for quite a while after. Really one of those world-changing moments.
51:25
Clippy cameo
2004 was the first time I ever had experience using a computer, and it was the living room computer which happened to be Windows XP.
Absolutely beautiful music my fren,brings back old memories 😢
You always surprise me with your creativity, keep up 🖤🤘
recently I set up a windows xp machine after enjoying your soundscapes so this is a nice turn of events
Amazing man, keep up the good work. So Nostalgic
Best one you've done!
Another great job! 😀
Used windows XP from first computer our family bought in 2004 until august of 2012. Sometimes we help to fix some computers and when someone with older cheaper computer wants us to do full reinstallation they get XP. Today there are peoples out there still using XP.
Be careful using xp today, theyre very easy to hack and viruses
Very excited about this one!
After this, will you continue this series? Maybe with a Windows Vista Frutiger-Aero inspired episode?
Tis a secret 🤫
@@RetrovexAmbient Sony Playstation ambience? Retro-consoles inspired soundscapes? (:
1 minute 10 seconds in and I can already tell this is a masterpiece
Thank you, I really needed this
Thanks for the music and videos you make. I love this Windows mini-journey story. Your music helps me a lot with headaches (and with painkillers)
Your creativity is very inspiring (I even want to draw fanart)🌿❤💛💚💙
English is not my native language (sorry if I translated it wrong😅)
Vista one is going to be interesting!
This is perfect
Can't wait :)
Absolute perfection. I love this one. Now I cannot wait to hear Longhorn
BEST OS THEY EVER HAD!
These are very relaxing. Please do one for Windows Vista next.
This is the ambient video that I was waiting for! I'll add it to my old MP3 player for listening while sleeping :)
same :)
I thought I was the only one who still had one!
As someone that grew up with Windows 98, and had used Windows 3.11 and 95 as well, it makes me feel old to realize that XP is over 20 years old now. People who were little kids when they used it as their first OS are now adults. I guess I was practically a kid myself... would have been around 15 when it got released. I actually had to look it up, I did not realize it was 2001. It had a rough start though, it was very bloated for the PCs at the time. It took a couple service packs, and hardware manufacturers catching up, for it to be usable. It was at least a few years later that I actually upgraded to it myself.
Gonna be epic
Эх-х... Раньше действительно было душевнее 😉❗
Я когда был маленький, в 2004 году у отца появился первый компьютер ( собрал из тех комплектующих которые ему отдали, что-то докупил).
И первой системой была именно Windows XP.
И моей первой игрой - была NFS 5.
Я даже помню первый раз когда установили - машины были без колёс 😏😁. Потом переустановили - колёса появились 😁.
Я на компьютере прошёл множество игр: NFS, всякие шутеры, казуалки. Смотрел множество мультфильмов ( особенно советские - "Ну погоди!" "Тайна третьей планеты", интересные др.мультфильмы ).
P.S. К чему я это всё написал...
Цените то время которое есть, особенно детство.
Раньше скажу честно - люди были чище и искреннее, интернет был действительно интересным, увлекательным, без этого коммерческого мусора, злобы, ненависти, грязной политики и т.д.
Эх... Вернуться бы в то время, хотя бы ненадолго 😏😉.
This is awsome, great work again I can't wait for windows vista/7, which speaking of, how far do you plan to take this series? I imagen to keep that nostolgic wave this has all been riding on windows 7 seems like the last microsoft os you could do though I personally wouldn't mind also seeing a windows 8 or 10 though it would hit diffrent.
Yeah windows vista and 7 would be the last nostalgia trips for me. I was disappointed that this XP one didn't include the actual full welcome theme...