Windows XP 25 Years Later! An LGR Retrospective

XP is a QUARTER CENTURY old now… so let’s jump back to 2001 for a retrospective review of the classic OS! Reminiscing on its retail release, exploring the packaging, setup process, new features, games, screensavers, and a bunch of nifty early 2000s things. It’s still a truly enjoyable eXPerience decades later!

● LGR things elsewhere:
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews
Bsky https://bsky.app/profile/lgr-yt.bsky.social

● Pertinent links:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/

● Background music is from Epidemic Sound:
https://www.epidemicsound.com/

00:00 XP is officially OLD
00:58 2001 launch event
03:04 Home, Pro editions
05:09 unboxing
06:27 Dell Dimension 2100
07:47 XP setup process
09:13 install music, startup
09:58 vanilla XP features
14:55 XP Plus! Pack
17:54 games testing
20:21 MS-DOS, VDMSound
21:54 outroduction

#LGR #retro #computer

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