If Windows was a car

Below is a humorous (at times) comparision of Microsoft Windows to a car. It is a parody piece that made its way around the computer world at least a year ago. Some of the comparisions are a little outdated, but still pretty close on to the mark.

I have been having many "ranting" type conversations about computers and the various things that go with them on how unfriendly they can be to people. Fortunately, I am paid too much money to sit in front of one every day, therefore I get lots of practice on dealing with them.

Enjoy!!

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.