Windows XP came out in 2001, to much of the same criticisms as Windows Vista. Its “new and revolutionary” interface was criticized as being clutterful and having LUA (Least User Access) bugs. Windows XP was loathed when it came out. It was hated for being too different from the norm, for forcing users to change how they looked at a computer, for simplifying the desktop. But there is a strange familiarity that echoes through the “horrible” OS whenever I boot it up, just as there is for most people. There are reasons that I will never completely leave Windows for Mac or Ubuntu.