[freedomben]

I mostly disliked Vista for a number of reasons, but the looks were incredible. I was actually blown away at the beauty

[throwaway48476]

I liked aero too, XP was too fisher price.

[chuckadams]

XP Media Center Edition had a pretty slick theme, not at all toy-like. To say nothing of the Metro interface in its titular app, though it seems Metro was kind of a dud when they tried to apply it to other apps.