Why Windows SucksAl Wong May 18, 2003
Windows Sucks! I can't stand it anymore! Windows has always sucked.
I have used Windows 2.0 in the early 1990s and it was slow, slow, slow.
I thought Windows 3.1 was a vast improvement even though it kept crashing like
every 10-15 minutes.
I kept quiet when Microsoft forced all computer makers to abandon MS-DOS and
put Windows 95 (Win95)
on all their new computers in 1996!
The Command Window in Win95 and above is not true DOS.
Don't let anyone fool you.
Also, you had to buy new software for Win95 to replace the old software
you had working in MS-DOS! Of course, more bugs were introduced.
I quietly resisted by asking that
my new computer still have MS-DOS and Windows for Workgroups 3.11. I even had to
pay extra for this.
I knew we were going further downhill when the "more stable"
Windows 98 (Win98) was released and businesses around me
tried to upgrade to it from Win95. The upgrade just made the slow systems even slower and buggier
I tried to be understanding when Windows 2000 and Windows NT were released.
Some bugs were fixed but other bugs took their place.
You also had to buy other more expensive software to replace the older
software you had running in the earlier version of Windows.
This, of course,
introduced more bugs.
Windows is the BIGGEST SCAM in the computer field.
It purports to make computers easier to use for everyone.
However, quite the opposite has occurred.
I believe the real reason why the return on investment
for office computer productivity has been flat
or increased little in the last 8 years is because of Windows.
I certainly feel Windows has contributed to the computer
productivity paradox.
It may even be the main cause for the paradox!
Waiting for this
time parasite
to bootup, restart after frequent crashes,
time spent on installation of programs, dealing with program conflicts,
etc. is the biggest time waster in any business!
Further proof:
Wake up people! It's a scam! You don't need a faster computer. You need a better
operating system. Microsoft continuingly makes money by selling you the latest
and greatest Windows. The latest Windows version is always the most inefficient yet,
slowing down your fast computer. Also, now you have to upgrade all your
other software too because different Windows versions are not compatible with each other!
A hidden cost not mentioned at all. It's part of the scam.
WinXP Help tries to be "smarter" by pointing to webpages.
However, the URLs appear to be all broken in WinXP Help.
It appears some idiotic webmaster at Microsoft changed all the support links
rendering WinXP Help all but useless.
I hate opening My Computer and having to start at the top of the directory tree
every damn time! It should put me in the last directory I looked at.
I hate running Notepad and having
to start at the top of the directory tree every damn time.
Then I have to set the file type to "All Files" because Notepad
insists on looking for *.txt files first! How asinine is that?
I want to see ALL THE FILES, damn it!
Just those two simple features would save untold hours of wasted time.
It should be relatively trivial to implement. Those two features are the extra 10%
that make using Windows 100% better.
Do you think Microsoft will make this change to make life easier?
A feature which will actually be used by everyone?
A certain more bang for your buck effort?
They have not in all the previous versions of Windows!
Then why do the procedures to do something keep changing between the versions
of Windows?
You force the user to relearn how to do what should be a simple task.
For example, the procedure to enable/disable
the hard disk caching is different in each version of Windows!
Windows itself is behaving differently.
Another example, how to disable programs that automatically
startup in WinXP on bootup. It used to be simple.
In earlier versions of Windows, you just move the program shortcuts
from the Startup folder.
But Nooooo, let's add 3-4 levels of difficulty:
Just because you disabled a program from starting on bootup,
WinXP automatically assumes you are running diagnostics.
It doesn't assume you JUST DON'T WANT that program starting up
because it's simply annoying, takes up space, takes time to load, etc.
Or that you didn't ask it to load on startup. It just rudely put itself there.
I just discovered something about
Ebay
that's ominous.
I was trying to put some auctions on-line as a seller. I have not
sold anything at Ebay for more than a year.
The real problem
is this. You cannot submit an auction at Ebay
using Netscape (I'm using Netscape version 6.2.3)
anymore! The submission won't finish! The Netscape window just disappears
without an error message!
You HAVE to use Internet Explorer!
That really pisses me off! Ebay is forcing you to use a
Windows product with no other options!
Ebay should know better than that.
To my knowledge, Microsoft does not own Ebay. Yet.
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