A common attitude with Windows users here

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Waccoon said

Compare that to the awful BMW iDrive machine, which was almost completely software controlled, and in some cases the engine wouldn't even turn off because the car couldn't tell if the magnetic key was removed or not. I think it had to be totally recalled, but I haven't followed up on that.

 :-D

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DonnyEMU said-

Get with the ball game folks, Windows 98 and ME are built-on MS-DOS but windows XP is built on windows NT (and is the next generation of NT).   It has a full multi-tasking kernal with much more memory protection and virtual protection than DOS/Windows ever did..

From I hate MS
"If you look in the executables in the Windows (XP) directory,  you find internal labels like 'ProductName: Microsoft Windows (TM)  operating system;  ProductVersion:  3.10'.  There's even DOS 5.0 code with a 1981-1991 copyright date.  What a great new product!"

98/ME contains partial 16bit support making things like VXDs (Virtual device drivers) necessary. There is such a performance jump because 2000 and above is completely 32bit.

Sure?
" . . . to find the bulk of Windows 3.10 and DOS 5 (all of it 16-bit code) under the hood of Windows XP makes you wonder about the design princibles that have gone into each 'new' version of Windows."

To sum up- "An internal memo amoung Microsoft developers mentioned 63,000 (yes: sixty-three thousand) known defects in the initial Windows 2000 release. "

If Your House had a roof made by Microsoft - you'd be advised to don raincoats (or hold-up umbrellas) if it started raining OUTSIDE!  :-P

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bhyman1 ADVISED-

oh, and to those who have complained about Windows in general, you are dillusional.   The problem is YOU. You are either impatient too  learn someting new, or just plain ignorant.

GEE - Are YOU campaigning to be voted Chief Astroturfer?
or . . . did you arrive from a alternate Earth where their MS actually produces quality software?   ;-)

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Hammer said

Hammer wrote:

vortexau wrote:
Read I hate MS
  One should remember the Pentium Pro's relatively poor performance with X86-16 code (e.g. MS-DOS/Windows 9x). To solve the problem one should install Windows NT 4.0 this is due to it's 32bit'ness.

I seem to recall a product called- Windows for Workgroups!?  Do not MS produce EACH successive version of their Operating Systems in a manner similar to a house painter?  Who, each 2-3 years, paints it over in a NEW colour?  and, if he does it enough times, the house gets physically larger (even by a paint-application layer) each time - while the underlying structure could just be rotting away?

I have NEVER bought (or built) a Microsoft system!  I have issues with the LACK of integrity of the company - as would I not (knowingly) buy products marketed by mafia or triads!