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Toxtricity posted...

i miss when new operating systems and software updates felt /exciting/ and /new/. everything to me now is so uninspiring and whenever i learn about anything new i'm freaking out "can i still use a version of sony vegas from 2004 on it?" as my first thoughts, which i'm sure you're all too aware of the feeling of.

i very much relate to this. i've been using windows since 3.0 and i vividly remember how epic and significant the startup sounds for each new windows sounded to me as a kid. it evoked very strong feelings of "fasten your seatbelts, we're going to a wonderful and beautiful world of new technology and inventiveness." judging by the comment sections of those "evolution of windows startup sounds" videos on youtube, a lot of other people also have very fond memories of these startup sounds, which makes me happy.

(95 still the best one)

speaking of strong memories, 3d space cadet pinball!! i played the crap out of the bundled with windows version of that game as a kid, to the point that it's hard for me to think of the song as "video game music." to me, it's "an elemental part of that part of my childhood," as much as the school i went to at the time is.