Leak Shows How Beautiful Windows 7 Was Supposed to Be

Windows 7 is already a retired operating system, as Microsoft dropped support for it back in January 2020, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that new leaks aren’t super-interesting. And a video published on Twitter by BetaCollector provides us with a rare look at the early days of Windows 7 when the operating system which eventually became the number one desktop platform in the entire world was still a work in progress. In other words, this is Windows 7 with a series of visual effects that completely transformed the desktop environment, making it feel so ahead of its time. Based on the Windows Vista desktop, this Windows 7 prototype has everything that makes a desktop feel modern, including not only transparency and blur, or acrylic as it’s called today, but also desktop gadgets and a Start menu that people loved. Windows 7 still super-popular these days Despite Windows 7 no longer getting any security patches unless your devices are enrolled in...