I know, I know. I keep talking about how landscape wallpapers have been scientifically suggested to enhance one's mood. I know, it's cool and everything but then I got this idea that by running an ancient (2005) laptop, maybe it's better if I make this laptop look as classic as possible.

Enter stage left, the Cheetah-era Aqua wallpaper. I know, no one was using Cheetah or even Puma back in 2005, but using this is way better than the aurorae or galaxies of later releases. Besides, who am I trying to impress? The Macbooks? The phrase here is "aging with grace". This is a laptop all the other laptops want to be when they get old. The Ellen Burstyn of notebook computers.

Out of all the Aqua-style wallpapers OSX used, though, the Cheetah one was probably the most pleasant with its neutral blues and not-too-distracting design.

Now, if only there were a way to simulate the classic Aqua interface.


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