Taking inspiration from this photograph, BasicAppleGuy created a wallpaper that was more minimalist and in the style of macOS Big Sur and Monterey stock images.

The wallpaper features a gently rolling sunlit hill on a background of soft & small puffy clouds against a vivid blue sky. Shot by Charles O’Rear in 1996 in Sonoma County, California, Microsoft later purchased the rights to the image in 2000, which used the image as Window XP’s default wallpaper when the operating system launched in 2001.

Thanks to BasicAppleGuy‘s research, I learned that the image was not CGI. Enters Bliss, a wallpaper collection by our friend BasicAppleGuy. One of the most iconic features of Windows XP was its default wallpaper, showcasing a rolling green hill and bright blue sky, with a few fluffy clouds.īurned into my young memory, this immortal backgrounds is now made for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, albeit with a twist. Windows XP was one of the most iconic and widely-used operating systems in history, loved by millions of users worldwide, and hated by just as many.

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