If Windows were a car

[the-matrix]

http://www.performantsystems.com/GM.html

If Windows were a car

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating, "If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.

2. Every time they painted new lines on the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought "CarNT," but then you would have to buy more seats.

6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive -- but it would only run on five percent of the roads.

7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "general protect ion fault" warning light.

8. The airbag system would ask, "Are you sure?" before deploying.

9. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the antenna.

10. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally Road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50 percent or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Department.

11. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

12. You'd have to press the "start" button to turn the engine off.

[WolfX2]

Thats a good one

[Jeremy]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

8. The airbag system would ask, "Are you sure?" before deploying.

[devang]

Good points are made,hh! I liked it.

[Maleko]

lol, like it!

[SiMoNsAyS]

12. You'd have to press the "start" button to turn the engine off.

my favorite

[ripken204]

1. when was the last time your comp crashed? i know that i cant remember.

2.dont quite get this one... adding new features? what about a service pack?

3.die? again my computer hasnt crashed in a long time.

4.?

5.what about fast user switching?

6.if it is the best then why doesnt everyone use it?

7.generic? what is the event viewer for? and you can dload temp monitors

8.no it wouldnt, you can make it work on its own

9.lock you out? such as not letting you log in? maybe if u forgot ur password...

10.what do we need to buy? antivirus? i think vista has a built in AV...

11.you dont have to learn all over, they are pretty much the same, just more features

12.you can use ctrl+ald+del and click log off

[Maleko]

That joke was just "owned" by ripken204.

[ripken204]

That joke was just "owned" by ripken204.

i was in a bad mood yesterday for some reason...

[Nerwin]

This Is sooooooooooooo True....