[Paleo Conservative]

Here's the headline NewsMax.com emailed me.

--What Happens in Vegas, Doesn't Stay in Vegas: Bill Gates Computer Crashes

[Salamander]

Hey Bill, welcome to *our* world.

[Bogey78O]

That's happened to him before. There's a pic out there with him standing in front of a BSOD on the mainscreen.

[Southack]

After Leading The Massive AT&T Wireless Software Outsourcing Failure, MicroSoft Hires AT&T Wireless' Corrado

[MrsEmmaPeel]

During a demonstration of digital photography with a soon-to-be-released Nikon camera, a Windows Media Center PC froze and wouldn't respond to Gates' pushing of the remote control.

I saw the exact same thing happen to Steve Jobs during an Apple key note address a couple of years ago. Turns out the batteries in Job's remote were dead. Pretty embarrassing for him, though.

[silent_jonny]

Windows Media Center PC froze and wouldn't respond to Gates' pushing of the remote control.

Imagine that! My Windows programs never freeze.

[Reactionary]

I've got two Windows XP boxes and a Titanium Powerbook, and I have to say that both operating systems are bloated, inefficient, slow. It's a wonder they work at all.

I miss my Amiga.

[Proud2BeRight]

I find it interesting that MS doesn't have Gates' major presentations on redundant "hot spare" systems so that if one fails the other seamlessly handles the task.

[festus]

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy....

[Joe_October]

.... Power outages, hardware failures .... inexplicably humble those who strive for a Windows-based digital lifestyle

Who makes a computer that doesn't need power? I gotta' get me one of those.

[vox_freedom]

As I recall, this isn't the first time Gates has been embarrassed because of "computer presentation problems." You would think that the richest man in the world, who has a company that purports to be the most technically competent, would have bugs worked out ahead of a big presentation.
The comment above, "welcome to our world" hits it right on the mark or it could be: "welcome to the blue screen of death."

[Brad’s Gramma]

Now, please?!

[rmlew]

Windows Media ceter turns a $1500 computer into a $300 TiVO.
OTH, I like XP as an OS. Besides, if Windows were intuitive, bug-free, and userproof, I would be out of a job.

[shellshocked]

LOL!!!

[MarineBrat]

BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD! BSOD!

[JamminJAY]

I guess he didn't BUY his subscription to microsoft update service.

Jammer

[steplock]

I am beginning to think that Bill Gates does this to humor the jealous.

This happens every year, at least once.

But then --- considering the amount of time he is on a computer, odds are it will crash about that often - LINUX, Apple core, XENIX, whatever operating system ... there is no one chip set fits all OS's.

[DennisR]

Looks like these people need to learn how to do a dry run. Reminds me of one time when I was working for Blackhawk in Milwaukee. Blackhawk made hydraulic jacks, and Sears (Sears!) was our biggest customer. One day my boss had me paint up a jack real nice-looking. It was from our "test" cabinet, so I asked him if it needed to work, in which case I would have to do some additional work on it. "No," he said. So when the jack was shown to the bigshots in Chicago a day or two later, apparently one of the bigshots tried to pump up the jack. And now you know the rest of the story!

[monkeyshine]

They tried to show pictures and load a video game from the same computer? While having drivers for a remote control, sound and video card installed?

Well it's obvious that they have too many programs on this computer, causing conflicts and crashing the system when changing programs.

This happens to me just about every other day.

Maybe adding on another service pack will help.

[Barney59]

Time to step up and buy a Mac, Bill.

Work on your Work, not your PC.

[Ryan Spock]