Anyway, OS 8/9 may have sucked Jaymz, but you can’t deny Windows had its share of problems too. I mean, the “home” (non-NT/2000) versions of Windows up until Windows XP were all still running on top of DOS, and that caused its fair share of problems. Any old-school PC users who ever tried to run DOS games that required CD-ROM, sound, or network drivers will know what I’m talking about. At least with Mac OS you didn’t have to squeeze all of that into 640kb of base memory.

There were other things that got on my nerves with Windows 95 and 98 too. For example, whenever you changed the IP address, Windows had to reboot. Well, it had to reboot for pretty much anything.

That said, credit where it’s due: Apple had it relatively easy, running Mac OS on a fixed set of hardware. Microsoft had to make Windows run on pretty much any combination of x86 hardware, and despite the flak some people give Windows, that’s not an easy task.

Let’s summarize it, shall we?

• Cooperative multitasking, as opposed to Preemptive multitasking. Hell, NO real multitasking at all until System 6
• Memory protection? What the fuck is that? or How my program learned to stop worrying about overwriting core parts of the OS in memory purely by accident.
• No fucking colour until 1992.
• Extensions make DLL hell look like a fucking island resort with large breasted women.
• Each new release of System x/Mac OS y was generally considered to be slower and/or worse than the previous release. This only turned around with OS X.
• Worst. Application Switcher. Ever. Perhaps with exception to the shit BeOS pulled on us.
• The hardware sucked.
• The software sucked, or if it was good, Apple stole it and put it in the next release of their OS.
• The above reasons didn’t really give developers much incentive to make good software. Especially the bit just before this.
• lol one butan no games
• Lack of any kind of rudimentary network connectivity capabilities for systems other than Macs, ie builtin Samba support

Therefore, I think it’s safe to say we can classify the System series, and OS’s 7.5, 8 and 9 as the worst shit ever to plague mankind since Microsoft BOB and leave it at that.

Then again, my last Mac was possessed by the devil himself.

Ahahahahaha… oops. i’ll add Google to the list of non-naughty sites then. :)

In fact, I haven’t seen Vista bluescreen since the beta. It has hung a couple of times, however.

Anyways you know google reader when it reads your blog, all your pictures have your anti leech image…

http://www.respectsakura.org/images/ApplelaysthesmackdownwithLeopard_1842/donegotschooled.png