I remember when Windows 2000 came out.
"This OS will never make it. No one is going to go for this whole 'Active Directory' thing."
"Plug and Play in Windows NT? That's bound to cause a security hole."
"128 Megabytes of RAM?!?!? IS MS KIDDING?!?!? Windows NT only needed 64!!"
"I don't like the user interface changes. Menus show only what they think you use most often. How can I turn that off?"
I remember when Windows XP first came out.
"What the hell has MS done to the user interface?!? It looks like something from Fisher-Price!"
"What has MS done to the Start Menu?!?!? It's a mess with all these programs I don't need!"
"WTF CONTROL PANEL!!! I can't find anything!!!"
"PRODUCT ACTIVATION!!!!!!???? MICROSOFT IS SPYING ON US!! I'M NOT SENDING MY PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THE MOTHER SHIP!!
"PRODUCT ACTIVATION!!!!!!???? I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW I'M NOT SOME COMMON CRIMINAL AND I FIND THIS OFFENSIVE!!! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH GETTING A COPY OF WINDOWS FROM MY COUSIN to, you know, evaluate it or something."
"Why does this thing keep asking me to make a Passport account?" What is Passport?!?"
"512 Megabytes of RAM?!?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! Windows 2000 only needed 128!!"
"Can we legalize assisted suicide? And can I get a meeting with Bill Gates??"
I remember when Service Pack 2 for Windows XP came out.
"Half of my games quit working!!!"
"Half of my applications quit working!!"
"What do you mean if I want my application to work with SP2 I have to buy a new version?!?!?"
"How do you turn off the Windows firewall?? It stops me from doing what I want to do."
"What's this security center thing?!? It keeps popping up and bitching about my anti-virus being out-of-date and my firewall being turned off! How do I make it go away?!?!?"
I remember when Windows Vista came out.
"Where the hell are the network settings?!?!?"
"WTF CONTROL PANEL!! AGAIN!!!"
"Why is it that every damn time I click on something, Windows darkens the screen and asks me if I'm sure! Of course I'm sure. I clicked on the thing didn't I?!?!"
"Seriously, where are the network settings?!?!?"
"ONE WHOLE GIGABYTE OF RAM!!?!?!? ARE YOU FOR REAL!?!?! MICROSOFT HAS LOST IT!! XP only required 512 Megs!!"
I remember when Windows 7 came out.
"MORE RAM AGAIN?!?!? /WRIST!!!"
"This thing is slower than XP!"
"What in the hell do you mean my computer only scores a 4?!?!? It's brand new!! I just bought it from Best Buy for $300!!!"
"What in the world has MS done to the Start Menu!?!? I can't find a thing with all these programs everywhere that I don't use!!"
"Seriously, why is this thing slower than XP??"
"That thing that darkens the screen and asks if I'm sure? Yeah, that's still there!"
"YES!! I FINALLY FOUND THE NETWORK SETTINGS!!"
I remember when Windows 8 came out.
"This thing looks like my phone."
"Where is the start menu!!??"
"I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING AGAIN!!"
"What are all these big boxes staring at me?!?!?"
"Where are the wireless network settings?!?! They've been moved AGAIN!!"
"At least I can give my computer the finger all the time with this touch screen!!"
"Can we legalize assisted suicide? And can I get a meeting with Steve Balmer?!?!"
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
JamesNT
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