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Iconic Default Wallpapers Tier List
The backgrounds you stared at for years without ever changing them.
Ranked by 27 people. Sign in to add your own ranking.
The crowd's ranking
A: macOS Mojave, Windows XP Bliss, Windows 7, Windows 10 light window, Snow Leopard galaxy
B: macOS Big Sur, Windows Vista Aurora, Mavericks wave
C: Windows 95 teal, Android Lollipop, Windows 11 Bloom
D: iOS 7 waves, Ubuntu Warty brown
F: Solid grey
Discussion
WetPigeon: The Windows 10 window wasn't even CGI. They built it with lasers, glass, smoke and a projector and photographed it. That alone gets it A.
TheWizard2k: Bliss is a real unedited photo of a hill in Sonoma that Charles O'Rear took in 1996. It's a vineyard now. Somehow that makes me sadder than it should.
CursedPanda82: Mojave dark mode with the dynamic wallpaper shifting through the day was peak Apple. Every default since then has been a letdown.
quiet_dumpling_2: Solid grey in F while it's been my wallpaper for six years
golden_badger: teal in C? criminal. #008080 forever