I don’t get all this kerfuffle around wallpapers in Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard. Both have great wallpapers and given it’s art, it’s unlikely that you’re going to like all of the wallpapers in either OS. Personally, I don’t like the characters wallpapers (below) in Windows 7 but I’m sure kids love them.

I love the architecture set though (below) and I some of the Snow Leopard images are terrific. For Philip Elmer-DeWitt to suggest that a taste gap exists based on these wallpapers is just a bit, well, disingenuous. Both OS’es have great wallpapers and deserve credit. The comments on his post bear this out and show that in the real world there is a much more balanced view of things.

Of course if you want a really great set of free wallpapers for either OS, check out Mike Swanson’s beautiful collection – a small sample of which are below