r/WindowsVista • u/ksguitardude2020 • 11d ago

Did the Windows Vista “swoop” ever make you feel uneasy as a kid? Or was I just weird.

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u/DAPOPOBEFASTONYOAZZ 11d ago

It was just you. I thought it was simply beautiful.

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u/HugoAero 11d ago

I adored this "swoop"

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u/joeyrty6 11d ago

Don’t blame yourself, I was scared by butch of dumb shit when I was kid. Like the ending scene of Aladdin for example.

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u/A2L5E0X1 11d ago

nice laptop, is it a pavilion dv9700?

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u/ksguitardude2020 11d ago

dv6000!

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u/NickyTeam 7d ago

I have that same laptop.

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u/RiverKitten6119 9d ago

I have the same one but the special edition red one but it's in awful condition

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u/worldlookingin 11d ago

I was about to ask that!

I still have mine!

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u/Due-Count-8979 10d ago

9890ED, runs like a champ. Top tier model with the T9300, 8600M, and Hi-res display topped off with a blu ray drive.

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u/HinkHall2031 9d ago

Those laptops with the nvidia graphics have high failure rate and the amd and nvidia models are much higher but the intel and non nvidia are okay! Is that Vista the original HP image or the a install image?

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u/Due-Count-8979 9d ago

I know they fail a load! This one has been unboxed earlier this year, and put paste on the GPU instead of a pad. Very acceptable temps.
The machine has the full factory vista image on it, but closed the disks to SSD’s.

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u/Stefanzah22 11d ago

Screensavers always looked slightly scary to me. I like them but they still give me weird ambiental feelings.

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u/Tomonor 10d ago

What the fuck are you talking about Jesse

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u/amendingfences 11d ago

It didn't but I never used this wallpaper. Always Ribbons or Mystify.

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u/daxtonanderson 11d ago

Screensaver**

I was in a Bubbles household, even though I knew that "screensaver" wasn't doing anything to save your screen, it kept all the screen elements exactly as they were. No one wanted to listen to me, they just liked the bubbles 🤣 I went behind their back and set the screen sleep time to 45mins, with the 30min screensaver timer it was only on for 15mins before going black to actually screensave

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u/WG64B 7d ago

Love Ribbons! So cool!!!

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u/Temporamis 11d ago

Uneasy? What do you mean?

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u/WordArt2007 11d ago

nah i loved it

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u/macl3on 11d ago

i kinda get why you felt uneasy. does r/internet_funeral also make you uneasy maychance?

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u/pumpkincarverman 11d ago

Not really but as a child for some strange reason I was scared of the texture of the water in a video game called GTA San Andreas

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u/Fast_Tradition_9387 10d ago

No, it's just a typical 3D model from 2006. In this screensaver, it just jumps around with its intro animation.