Bill's CES SNAFU

[mike]

According to the MacObserver. Microsoft founder Bill Gates had a few problems in the course of delivering his keynote presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.

His Windows crashed. Not once, not twice… but three times. The first crash was just a freeze-up kind of thing (you may have seen it before?) as he attempted to attach a peripheral via a Wi-Fi connection. That was certainly not good given the circumstances but it paled in comparison to crash number 2, which was none other than the granddaddy of all crashes – yes… the fabled Blue Screen of Death. The BsoD decided to end a demonstration of some video game they were trying to show off. Last but not least, Windows croaked while trying to connect a Tablet PC to the Internet.

Of course, I suppose this freak string of unfortunate events only drives home what many have been saying for years… Windows is fine as long as you don’t need to connect peripherals, play games or access the Internet.

[jestep]

I wonder how many people lost jobs over that one!!!

[pedstersplanet]

Reminds me of that classic BsoD on Win98 (SE?)......

[Lonna]

As a photographer, writer, and web designer, I can only agree with your last sentence! Even my 9-year-old son (a future filmmaker) knows which computer to use when editing film, modifying a photo, or mixing music.

Apple rocks!

[wintev]

sure it funny when things stuff up on gates, but not so funny when it happens to us,

the only thing is that i personaly have never had any trouble getting on the internet or connecting peripherals on windows machines, i also run a digital photo lab with a windows xp pc without any problems,

i don't suppose any one has considered that its not the computer or the software that maybe its the human pushing the buttons ??

[jawn_tech]

This is both surreal but not surprising... and hysterically funny.

i don't suppose any one has considered that its not the computer or the software that maybe its the human pushing the buttons ??

I'm sure everyone has considered it at some point. When so many people still think it's the software, especially when it happens to its founder, I'd tend to agree it's the software. And especially when there are so many updates, and updates to fix the problems that the last updates caused, etc...

Only thing holding me back from Apple is the price, and availability of software/hardware. Other than that, you never hear the Mac world complain about the performance of their Operating systems. When Apple becomes more economical (reasonable), I'll jump back in with both feet.

[cooper]

sure it funny when things stuff up on gates, but not so funny when it happens to us,

the only thing is that i personaly have never had any trouble getting on the internet or connecting peripherals on windows machines, i also run a digital photo lab with a windows xp pc without any problems,

i don't suppose any one has considered that its not the computer or the software that maybe its the human pushing the buttons ??

Maybe it's that special Windows OZ edition.
;o)

[cooper]

Only thing holding me back from Apple is the price, and availability of software/hardware. Other than that, you never hear the Mac world complain about the performance of their Operating systems. When Apple becomes more economical (reasonable), I'll jump back in with both feet.

This argument has been made time and again and is a non-issue. I use both Winodws and Mac computers. More often than not, the systems that give me problems and requires more of my time to "fix" security holes and such are the windows boxes. Desktops, laptops, servers, you name it. So that perceived price difference ends up going in the other direction when you take into account your own time (or someone you pay) to fix the damn things. Invariably my Mac machines are faster and easier to use and when there is an update, I don't have to fix the fix I just installed and reboot 3 or 4 times in process. Pardon me, but I'm so sick of hearing lame excuses for people not to use something that makes more sense. People are so afraid of change even if it's for the better.

[wintev]

Maybe it's that special Windows OZ edition.
;o)

lol you know you could be right ya know cause we have our own microsoft building right here in sydney which is where i get all my microsoft software from.

[jhofve]

What a heartwarming story...there IS justice in the Universe! :)

Up until recently I hadn't had trouble hooking up peripherals. Then I got a new Olympus digital camera. The computer couldn't recognize it. I called Olympus and asked for a new cable. They said oh it's not the cable, and told me to totally undo and re-hook-up all the devices, hubs, yada yada. Well, that crashed the whole computer, which then could not find the keyboard, mouse, and moreover burned out the hub. (BTW, the camera was not found on a second PC or a Mac--it's the cable.) Also, I recently added a wireless keyboard and mouse and now have about 10 times more frequent lock-ups than ever. Several a day, sometimes. Sheesh.

Gee Bill, have a nice day.

Cheers,
Jean