![]() ![]() It's no coincidence that it's also four seconds long. It also consists of four chords - one for every color in the new Windows graphic that appears as the sound plays. The short startup clip that was eventually chosen is meant to evoke the rhythm of the words "Win-dows Vis-ta!" and Ball hopes the sound will serve as a calling card for the operating system. ![]() ![]() "There's nothing that's especially human about our new Windows animation," he said. Ball said the hand-clapping also seemed like too "human" a sound when paired with the new graphic for Vista. While many people liked an upbeat ditty with a clapping rhythm, it was eventually nixed for sounding too much like a commercial. The rejects included a longer, lusher clip and a quick, techno-sounding piece. Redmond-based Microsoft seriously debated several other sounds before settling on the final startup sound about three weeks ago.
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