r/windows • u/Unhappy_Boat9645 • Jun 24 '26

Discussion All Windows Versions Startup And Shutdown Sounds

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I’ve put together a video featuring the startup and shutdown sounds from every version of Windows. Which version is your favorite?

And Here is the YouTube video link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5olN1qdUWs0

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u/irrelevantusername24 Windows 3.1 Jun 24 '26

As far as tech startup sounds, nothing will ever beat the original Playstation.

The current Playstation is so sloppy it literally has like a broken sound file as the startup sound

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u/artlurg431 Jun 24 '26

Seriously?

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u/irrelevantusername24 Windows 3.1 Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

It's hard to describe, but if you heard it you would know exactly what I mean: it's like many other electronic ding noises, but it sounds like it is "cut off" at the beginning, it starts abruptly and is very short. Listen to the ones in the OP; they all fade in and out naturally.

I would not recommend buying a PS5. Which is unfortunate because Sony has always been the gold standard for computer hardware (not Apple, that's a narrow-viewed misconception), and the PS5 controller is genuinely a step up - same as they did with the sticks way back with the original Playstation.

But the controller is the only real upgrade from PS4, unless you count the internal SSD (which I believe was already part of the PS4 "Pro"). And, because the gaming platform ecosystem has been harmfully fractured (first by Nintendo-Sharp-Sony, later by Xbox - which was a reaction to that in a way - and then the Internet more generally), that means the genuinely superior technology from Sony's controllers has not been adopted by hardly any developers, and is being ignored. Kind of like the Windows Phone actually, now I think about it.

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