Windows Vista

Apple Liquid Glass on Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Watch — Apple's new Liquid Glass is a sorry imitation of Windows Vista's Aero Glass I watched Apple unveil its new Liquid Glass design language for its software platform, but I can't stop thinking about how much nicer Microsoft's Aero Glass from Windows Vista was.

Windows Vista mod for Windows 11 using Windhawk — Windows 11 meets Windows Vista — A new theme delivers the ultimate nostalgia hit A series of mods can be used together to make Windows 11 look more like Windows Vista.

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Just one Terminal command brings nostalgic Windows 7 and Vista aesthetics to your Windows 11 PC

By Kevin Okemwa published 6 February 24

NOSTALGIA There's a new third-party script called Revert8Plus, which you can use to transform Windows 11 or 10 into Windows 7 or Vista.

NOSTALGIA

Remembering Windows Longhorn: David Cutler laments 'the worst code he's ever seen'

By Kevin Okemwa published 25 October 23

📯Longhorn David Cutler got together with Dave's Garage on YouTube and took a trip down memory lane, talking all things Windows Longhorn and "the worst code" he's seen to date.

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JavaGPT brings ChatGPT to support ancient versions of Windows

By Sean Endicott published 24 April 23

Old school You can now access ChatGPT on older versions of Windows, thanks to a client called JavaGPT.

Old school

Software archeologists dig up first remnants of the Aero effect in Windows Vista precursor

By Sean Endicott published 6 December 21

Software archeologists unearthed what could be the first instances of the Aero blur in Windows. The effect was discovered in a Longhorn build of Windows from 2003.

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