Windows looks more like Ubuntu every day

[Chris]

Giving away your age?

On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Dorian Douma <agreatwhitebird at gmail.com>wrote:

> There's the look and then there's the feel. I find that all 3 OSs are
> looking more glassy, smoky and holographic all the time, but I think
> that Apple is the only one who's bucking the trend a bit. Recent
> versions of MacOS have become less glitchy-feeling and less electric
> looking and now they feel a bit more like using really old, smooth
> metal machinery. Ubuntu these days feels like using melting plastic.
> Definitely a computer-y feel. But to me it's the most neutral of the
> bunch.
>
> It's also the most flexible in appearance... it's easier to download,
> install and use themes than it is in Windows, and there are NO
> built-in options to make MacOS look different.
>
> My favourite era of OS esthetics was MacOS9 vs. Windows2000. I even
> remember how beautiful OS 7.6 and Windows 95 looked back in the day.
>
> It's like it follows car fashion.
>
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Vaughn Male <keino_9 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On 11-01-28 08:35 AM, Chris wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > Is it just me or is Windows 7 Ultimate looking more like Ubuntu / Linux
> > every day?
> > Chris.
> >
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> > Every time I get someone to try Linux the first thing I always hear is,
> "it
> > looks so weird!." It would be nice to not hear that anymore.
> >
> > Also, it would make the transition from Windows to Linux easier, which is
> > never bad.
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