In case you weren’t in a position to snag a pair of Microsoft’s XP-themed Crocs within the firm’s sweepstakes this month, don’t be concerned. Beginning as we speak, you should purchase your personal pair of the hideously ugly footwear for a cool $80. Microsoft has began promoting the limited-edition footwear from its online store.
The Home windows XP Crocs — which include a Bliss bag and 6 Jibbitz charms — are a part of Microsoft’s fiftieth anniversary celebration. The charms embody the well-known Workplace Assistant referred to as Clippy, the Home windows Recycle Bin, the Web Explorer emblem, the unique MSN emblem, a cursor arrow and a manila file folder. The footwear are available in girls’s sizes 4 to 19 and males’s sizes 2 to 17.
In its official blog post announcing the special Crocs, Microsoft says that the footwear are “a part of a broader set of moments marking Microsoft’s fiftieth anniversary, bringing collectively tradition, creativity and group in ways in which honor the previous whereas wanting towards the long run.”
I am no Crocs fan, however I like these footwear due to the calm, cloud-filled background, which honors the famed Home windows XP wallpaper of a inexperienced hill and cloudy sky, a photo taken by photographer Chuck O’Rear on the Napa-Sonoma county border in 1996.
I am unsure, nonetheless, that I like that cloudy scene sufficient to fork over $80. To see precisely what the Microsoft Crocs seem like, take a look at CNET’s unboxing of the wacky footwear.
