Windows Memes

Windows: where the Blue Screen of Death is a rite of passage and the Start Menu design changes more often than most people change their passwords. These memes celebrate the operating system that powers most of the world's business computers and gaming rigs alike. If you've ever experienced the special horror of Windows deciding to update right before an important presentation, defended your choice to use Windows for development in a room full of Mac users, or felt the satisfaction of running software from 1998 that somehow still works, you'll find your fellow survivors here. From the legacy of Internet Explorer to the surprising renaissance of the Terminal, this collection honors the OS that most of us grew up with—complete with its charming quirks like needing to restart after seemingly every minor change and maintaining backward compatibility with software older than many of its users.