Crusty Windows.
Ah, Crusty Windows. What a discovery.
Let's just start with this, some people have worked hard to make your crap Windows install from your childhood you wrecked with bloatware anywhere and on demand. Crusty Windows is this facinating collection of Windows Bootlegs. No, these aren't just cracks of Windows.
They do so much more.
So as you can see, they're why we invented computers.
- Messi soccer man dribbling cyber-color ball on backdrop of Battlefield 4.
- Black Ops 2 guy (peace be upon him).
- girl.
- and the most amazing System Information page you've ever seen.
Now I should go ahead and say that operating systems are not something you should install to gawk at. Not only do a lot of these probably have malware (which, in certain cases, can break out of VMs!), but they're also a pain in the ass to get working. Ask me how I know.
So instead, just look at them like paintings on a wall with me.
It's gorgeous.
And no, these aren't just themes for Windows. Hard to show in picture form, but you, uh...
...really get all the software you could ever need. Actually, maybe too much. I think I may have to pass on Chicken Invaders 2. But, then again, that's just me.
I feel like this also highlights the crazy part: The people who make these have to clearly have some skill with Windows internals. It's not a complete cakewalk to line up all of these cracked pieces of software with the amazing art direction and have it all get installed by Mansa Musa's software wizard.
There's vision here. And it's some guy's opinion on what the coolest computer would be. Just look at the names - it falls into this previously unknown Poe's Law as to whether the name "Windows Sniper XP Smart" is a serious attempt at making the operating system of the future. You'd think it's a joke, but then bro includes his real Egyptian phone number in it.
I've heard it from those who grew up in places like Russia and Egypt that these were incredibly common. In fact, it's scary to think that we probably only have our hands on less than half of the variants actually out there, in use.
Which, speaking of, I just wonder how much these were used? I wonder if they're still used now. How can you possibly know if the 300 ping Sniper on your team isn't on Windows Vista Nocturnal Supremacy R1?
So please, take a second out of your day to just bask in them. I use them like art therapy.
These are just images of broken desktops and chunky taskbars, but the real image to see here is one you must feel.