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- hbweb500, on 10/12/2007, -6/+243Im sure there are some good reasons to upgrade, but wallpaper? Who the hell upgrades because of wallpaper?
- primehifi, on 11/04/2007, -27/+112I upgraded because of the mouse pointers.
- IEatEmoKids, on 10/12/2007, -97/+180"One good reason to consider an upgrade to Vista"
Honestly to me, there will never be a good reason. It's all eye candy and a resource hog.
Digg me down all you want. - masamunecyrus, on 10/12/2007, -16/+78I find it amusing that Microsoft can't get a break no matter what they do.
Microsoft wants to include web authoring tools into Windows -- nope, that's a monopoly. Interestingly enough, Apple can do it.
Microsoft doesn't want to make their programs for other operating systems (and why should they have to? It's THEIR software.) -- nope, that's a monopoly. You can get Office for a Mac; heck, you can get IE on a Mac, but can you get Safari for Windows?
Apple makes an OS that's very pretty and has a bunch of neat effects. So Microsoft makes an OS that's pretty and has a bunch of neat effects -- everyone hates Microsoft for making an OS with eye candy and complains because they can't run it with 128MB of RAM (the very LEAST amount of RAM that you can even buy a Mac with is 512MB).
I'm not saying Microsoft is a saint, nor am I saying that Apple is evil. I'm just sick of the god damn hypocrites. - Prysorra, on 11/04/2007, -8/+61Everyone Read the Flickr Page.
The guy was HIRED to take the photos. HIRED.
THEN came flickr. Please keep this in mind. - KingLeo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+52The photos are beautiful for sure, but to say this is a reason to upgrade to Vista is the most ridiculous thing I've heard today.
I can go to flickr and download the wallpapers myself and use them if I want to in my current OS.
Dugg only because the photos are awesome. - estvir, on 10/12/2007, -8/+30@IEatEmoKids
I'll digg you down because you're completely wrong.
About being a graphics hog : http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=126
About being all eye-candy : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_windows_vista & http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Windows+Vista (Go educate yourself)
Stop spreading FUD & lies.
@Prysorra
You're wrong, it was indeed, the other way around. From Long Zheng's original blog post:
"# There are a handful from amateur Flickr photographers (which are Jenny’s favorites).
* Not only did Jenny ask the Flickr photographers if they could license their images, she also sent them on a commissioned photoshoot. You can find some here and here."
She (Jenny Lam, responsible for the Ribbon among other things) found them on Flickr FIRST, then commissioned them for a photoshoot. - skoles, on 11/04/2007, -13/+32OSX Tiger comes with B&W versions of some photos found on interfacelift.com
I've wondered if they compensate the artists. Imagine just getting 2¢ of every OS sold. - combustion8, on 11/04/2007, -18/+34"OSX Tiger comes with B&W versions of some photos found on interfacelift.com
I've wondered if they compensate the artists. Imagine just getting 2¢ of every OS sold."
That would be cose to $37 - davdav, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/112969728_7d5b3c83d6_o.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/40/97403945_54c179d8e8_o.jpg - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10ALL VISTA WALLPAPERS (upped by moi)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52284625@N00/sets/72157594509449270/
enjoy. - flag564, on 10/12/2007, -9/+19"I find it amusing that Microsoft can't get a break no matter what they do."
It's pretty sad.
These guys have such a total hate for Microsoft, that even a thread about the wallpaper is good enough for them to launch into a tirade about how they will never use Vista.
As if anyone cares?
But wait until a story about OSXs wallpaper gets to the front page, and watch these same people do a total 180. - dkm201, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Clearly no one here has read the article. Why do we even bother having articles?
- speedfoot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9ooooh flickr wallpapers...now i've gotta go out and upgrade...
- homestar14, on 10/12/2007, -10/+18Truthfully, desktop wallpapers from flickr does not make me want Vista any more...
- baxtermaddux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8haha. so true. i already have a folder on my XP with all the Vista wallpapers from the Release Canidates.
- waynechng, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Agree with you 100% but will digg down because the proposition is just plain dumb!
- davdav, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6No, the images were bought from the users. I believe the article is just pointing this out.
- Humptydank, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9"One good reason to consider marrying the woman standing next to you in line at the supermarket: she's wearing a t-shirt from Yahoo Maps!"
"One good reason to consider buying the new 2007 Chevy Tahoe: the floor mats have a picture of the dude from 'Ain't It Cool News!'"
"One good reason to consider buying a cliff-side mansion in Monterey, California: the doorbell plays the Vista start-up sound!" - bswopes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6FTFA, "Not only did Jenny ask the Flickr photographers if they could license their images, she also sent them on a commissioned photoshoot."
- gweezil, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6No, no. The reason to upgrade has nothing to do with encryption or security or any of that jazz. It's to get the nifty little Windows pearl that replaced the Start menu. It's just so darn cutsie!!
- MioTheGreat, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Well, the new start menu is jam-packed full of usability enhancements, instant searching, and many ot----
Oh. That was sarcasm.... - mysticmcj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This would be a great article if it didn't mention "One good reason to consider an upgrade to " in it - That may be one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.
"You mean I get that as a default background without having to go somewhere and click on it? SOLD!" - KMye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away? Or am I wrong in reading Flickr's post as tongue-in-cheek?
- handler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Anyone have any links to the full size pictures? I wouldn't mind having one of those on my desktop. Awesome photos.
- caseycoold, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Translation: "Blah blah blah, microsoft is evil, blah blah blah, end of ze world, blah blah, Armageddon"
Really. If they were running rampant, putting everyone out of business, then they'd just be shut down. Apple's profits are going up. More people are using linux.
SHUT THE HELL UP already! - pedalwrench, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I dugg it because now I have all those nice wallpapers on my Linux box.
- merreborn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"they take wallpaper from users that offer it for free"
RTFA. They paid.
http://blog.flickr.com/flickrblog/2007/01/a_key_benefit_o.html
"Creative Director Jenny Lam expanded the search to Flickr and contacted people who took really interesting pictures, asking them, "So, how would you like one of your photos included among the default wallpapers in Windows Vista?" The Flickr artists were excited to be a part of Windows Vista (one of them by an astonishing coincidence happened to be a beta tester), and after the lawyers had their say—because nothing is complete without lawyers getting involved—Microsoft sent the photographers on a commissioned photo shoot" - livet0ski, on 08/17/2009, -4/+7my favorite.... http://farm1.static.flickr.com/60/159680174_d26cccb607_o.jpg
- PrimoTurbo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Why do all the wall papers have such crappy JPEG compression, I mean seriously you can clearly see it?...
- jmkogut, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4This is like telling people to "upgrade" to Ubuntu for Beryl. It's absurdly moronic.
How to get the full resolution photos (these are really nice):
(1) Go to the page of the photo that you want, view source.
(2) Search for "page_photo_id" Save this. For me it was:
page_photo_id = '352697406';
(3) Look a few lines down for something like:
global_photos['352697406'].server = '129';
global_photos['352697406'].secret = 'b297488253';
Save both of these also.
(4) Decide which size you want, s for small, m for medium, l (lowercase L) for large, and o for original.
From there you can construct a url like so:
http:// farm1.static.flickr.com/{the server}/{the photo id}_{the secret}_{the size}.jpg
(make sure to remove the space after http://)
If this doesn't work, try using a different extension. It will be in whatever format he uploaded it in originally. It could be png, jpg, or gif. I'm positive he used jpg for all of the photos though.
I got this:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/352697406_b297488253_o.jpg - zip22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2is there someplace where a person could download all the wallpapers included with vista? google turned up some results, but 2 of the folders i downloaded from my search do not seem complete (namely, they didn't include these 2).
- nick0909, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Is it just me, or do the full quality versions of these look like crap? There is some sort of noise through the whole image, some have horrible fringing on edges of the rocks and water lines. It looks like these were taken with a low-quality lens and with a high ISO and then photoshopped to hell. If you know what to look for, there are quite a few tells, these images were edited way too much, they don't even look good anymore.
- kursefour20, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hopefully, in the "near future", you will be seeing some of my work in some of Microsoft's "FINEST" products. Enough said :)
-HD
Flickr.com - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I've long since been using Flickr for desktop backgrounds. No need to buy Vista just for that.
One can spend hours exploring Flickr. I usually do it by day:
http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/2007/01/15/ - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So - a new set of Desktop wallpapers are considered a 'good reason' to upgrade?
C`mon, author - what have you been smoking? Still going 'oooh all those colors'?
The windows-world is sick. Very. Sick. - Everen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1davdav,
Did this bring to mind in anyone else the "secret" location in the desert where Atari buried thousands of "E.T." 2600 carts? - CaptShmo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2In addition to wallpapers, Vista also apparently includes the collaborative work of thousands of programmers and developers... but they're not on flickr, so whatever. =P
- Nikon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Flickr confuses me. The images are always tiny and there is no obvious way to resize them to something more appropriate for viewing."
When looking at a picture you can click on the 'all sizes' button, which has a magnifying glass with plus sign in it. This should default you to the largest size. - vwgtiturbo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@hbweb500:
Damn right. That really struck me as an odd line... "One good reason to upgrade..." HA! - OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nein.
- raid517, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Flickr confuses me. The images are always tiny and there is no obvious way to resize them to something more appropriate for viewing.
Maybe I'm missing something? I mean all the comments seem as though they are knocked out by the images. So surely they can see something I can't? - meteorash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1why does every article on microsoft have to end up as a microsoft bashing ceremony?
lame story anyway.
PS :- For all those disappointed in Vista.. Blackcomb is en route. Have patience. - tgunner, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Im in your flickr gettin' wallpapers for my XP.
- gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Vista does come with some excellent default wallpapers.
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Oooh Flickr! Tittties!
- jmkogut, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5Sir, I highly doubt the legality of this.
- geerolla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0BEE
EFF
DEE - nick0909, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Yeah you can do all that if you want a way over-sharpened (there are speckles in the sky, it should be a nice gradient, the tree has halos around the branches), over-saturated image with dust on the sensor (at least three large spots in the upper right corner of the frame).
- yatzin, on 07/12/2008, -0/+0Speaking of wallpapers and Vista, I made a good app to deal with rotating your wallpapers and I am GIVING IT AWAY FREE.. I promise not a scam. check it out, screen shots on the link mike.gocomusic.com!
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