FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for October 30, 2013

There were far far worse operating systems than Vista. At least it worked, despite what Apples marketing campaign said.

MS ME was way worse. Dos 4 was not pretty either. In both cases your best upgrade was to go to the earlier version.

Ah, the blue screen of death. Haven’t seen that in years, the strip is pretty dated.

Ha, I just attempted to upgrade from Windows 8 to 8.1, scary as the BSOD

I didn’t think MS could come out with anything worse than ME. Then they released Vista. I was sure they couldn’t make a worse OS. Then they released Win 8.

I never had a problem with vista.

Think I’ve still got a copy of 3.3 around here somewhere.

My favorite error message has always been “Keyboard not found. Press any key to continue.”

I thought it was an Obamacare jab?

Nah, a visit from an IRS agent is scarier…according to my dad.

My favorite thing about the BSD was that MS took years to acknowledge that it even existed! The rest of us knew……

I have Win 7 and I can attest that the BSOD is still kicking (and there ain’t no “Press any key to continue” either)!In my job, I worked on PCs with the whole range of MS OSs. I had very few problems with ME. I saw more problems with 98. And one classic thing I remember was regarding NT. It wasn’t NT’s fault though. Someone bought a USB device that stated on the box that it worked under Windows NT. I didn’t believe it, but I tried to get it working anyway. I was right, it didn’t.

I thought Jason used an iFruit. He should have the “Kernel Panic” gray screen of death.

MS operating systems are sort of like Star Trek movies (the old series) – every other one is a Dud.

95 – flop, 98 – OK, ME a disaster, XP best OS yet, Vista so-so, Win 7 – will take the title from XP, It’s what Vista was supposed to be, 8 – great for playing games on a tablet, not for serious desktop users (Oh wait, Microsoft has decreed that desktops are obsolete),

Sometimes the troubles with an OS is caused by PEBKAC…

Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair

Sometimes the troubles with an OS are caused by IPIR… Inept Programmers in Redmond.

Computer problems? Maybe it’s the keyboard.