I went to the Windows XP hill

[JomasterTheSecond]

This is the entire reason Matt moved to America, you can't convince me otherwise.

[zach_c]

Michael MJD did a good documentary-video on the history of the image

[DylanPackard]

Oh my god, shot on Velvia 50, that makes a lot of sense haha! Always wondered why it was so incredibly vivid, nothing like pulling a bit of freshly developed velvia out of the tank and those colors just blast your eyes

[twocommunities]

I live in Sonoma, California! My dad has to drive by that hill to get to work!

[Harpocrates]

I love that you did this! I never heard about the hill being a vineyard, interesting

[LoftyCrofty]

Matts about to play Nintendo 64 from batteries there

[nihonstudio]

I love Bliss, it’s a part of my childhood.

[WindowsOnWindows]

I bet it was Bliss seeing it in real life!

[HelieNerb]

Its so ironic that MacOS 14 is called MacOS Sonoma, which is where the windows XP picture was taken

[Ellie-Fisher]

i grew up in sonoma and didn't realize that it was in my hometown for a long time. after i learned about that i just drove past it and gave it a quick glance.

now i live out of state and kind of wish i had stopped and taken a picture.

oh well

[toajames]

For anybody on desktop who wants to pull up this short in the traditional player, add &=0s to the end of the URL.

[theRealMibs]

Yeez, brave of you actually walking there. I lived close by for quite a while and drove past it a couple of times and yeez, hwy 12 can be busyyy

[ZiggyTheHamster]

Protip for anyone visiting: Pull off CA-12 to Ramal Rd and park on a corner of the large dirt road intersection immediately in front of you. Cross CA-12 carefully and then it's a short walk to your right through some front yards.

Also, best time to visit if you want to see it green is in February or March.

[digoxin]

1.Well, it was taken in Los Carneros American Viticultural Area of California's Wine Country.
2.The windows xp wallpaper was called "Bliss", originally titled Bucolic Green Hills

[gaetanodepaolandchannel]

This has the same exact vibe of that guy who along with others found the exact Minecraft world seed and coordinates of a famous default world thumbnail

[joshuahollobaugh]

for all pc enthusiasts. this place is the most holy place on earth and a monument of our beliefs

[yokeeeer]

They needed to use the current look of this place for windows 11, the out of box experience is too clean and clinical

[Roman-wmji]

This was my home town, I grew up driving through that street a lot. I was pretty confused, to say the least, when, my family got our first computer and it was a picture of right next to my grandma’s house haha

[sleaf]

Holy shit; I’ve driven past that hill so many times thinking, “huh that looks familiar”

[pasan.]

Now we know where to put the windows xp tombstone when it eventually dies.