Japanese believe that all things, organic or inorganic, have spirits. Even machines have spirits. Which explains why there's anime like 'Ghost in the Shell', 'Strike Witches', 'Soul Eater', 'Hetalia' which basically personifies inorganic things (robots, military aircraft, weapons, countries) into people.
The OS-Tan scene is the personification of computer Operating systems or software into people, especially girls. Now and then, you have people cosplaying as these OS-Tan characters.
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Xbox 360-tan |
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Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Wii : ) |
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Windows XP (Ayaka) |