Marcel Winatschek

Vista

Vista showed some genuine design thinking when the early builds started circulating. The glass effects, the transparency, this visual language that made Windows look like it might actually belong in the 2000s. There was something there.

I remember that anticipation before it shipped, before it became obvious how bloated it would be, before you realized what a drag it would actually be to use. That moment when the promise was still intact—there was something real about that.