This video covers the cultural phenomenon for why people seem to love Windows XP so much. The OS was released in 2001, and it was the product which followed the releases of Windows ME and 2000, but the main direction XP intended to take was simplicity, and this makes a lot of sense. Microsoft struck gold with Windows 95 six years prior, and were now very much on the mindset of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Windows didn’t need some game-changing layout overhauls. It just needed to be more secure, fresher, and easier to use. Although it was primarily meant to be a more nuts-and-bolts update of Windows, it introduced a new UI and a ton of new under-the-hood changes. Because of this, Windows XP had a warm welcoming energy, actually a little too welcoming for some people. A lot people initially criticized XP for its, at the time, unconventional “toy-like” appearance, calling it a “Fisher Price” OS.