Gates' P.C. Crashes at Vegas Show (What Happens in Vegas, Doesn't Stay in Vegas)

NewsMax.com ^ | Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005 9:26 a.m. EST | Carl Limbacher

[Paleo Conservative]

OTH, I like XP as an OS. Besides, if Windows were intuitive, bug-free, and userproof, I would be out of a job.

But it has some annoying features. Even on multiprocessor systems, you can't just launch a process like printing a large document and continue using the computer for something else. The next version of Windows needs to handle multithreading better.

[EricT.]

Are you running XP on 300mhz Celerons?

[shellshocked]

LOL!!!

[Paleo Conservative]

Are you running XP on 300mhz Celerons?

Why would anyone want to run a celery processor?

[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!

[BikerTrash]

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.

I do, he does, I'm sure he did. The rest of us have it even worse!

[Southack]

Turning on the firewall in XP, modifying the firewall in XP, and turning off the firewall in XP...all things that most users need to do regularly...are lessons in just how poorly designed you can make a system if you really, really try.

[JamminJAY]

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

Jammer

[KoRn]

"Wasn't it with a Win98 debut?"

I had the video at one time. When I read this today I thought it could have been old news.

[Space Wrangler]

It's happened several times. I don't think itwas Bill gates unveling it, but the Xbox crashed when it was unveiled at the E3 Expo several years back.

[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!

[hoosierham]

Gates and his O.E.M. customers PROMOTE XP on those systems rather than sell or support Win98SE for older machines; if cars were like computers, you couldn't find fuel for your three year old model except at a few isolated stations and it would be stale as well.

The $1000 do everything home system you buy today is obsolete junk according to the industry next year. That may be fine for people making $100K with nice benefits packages but it sucks for the parents struggling on $50K trying to be sure their children have the computer they're told is needed to succeed.

I miss my Amiga, too! (Actually, I still have my first Amiga 500 -Tetris is still challenging)Also have P4 laptop with XP.

[EricT.]

Why would anyone want to run a celery processor?

Chopped celery is a requirement for good potato salad.

[vox_freedom]

And on tonight's news, Microsoft has announced a new Spyware download and firewall protection system that can be downloaded from their servers. Excuse me, but we've all been forced to buy (can you say Symantec?) or use other freeware (Spybot, Adaware, etc.) during the last decade plus, BECAUSE of Microsoft's software vulnerabilities!
No, I will not go to MS's site to download their latest protection for THEIR software problems! It's like purchasing Johnson wax stripper for removing Johnson wax buildup...

[encm(ss)]

Revenge of the Nerds. That explains it.

[EricT.]

I make well under $50K and have 3 computers in my house. Reasonably up to date computers can be found new and used at under $500. I can build a smoking hot gaming system for that price myself.

The system I'm using right now, I built 5 or 6 years ago and it runs everything I have thrown at it. It started it's life with Win98, moved up toWin2K, then finally XP pro. I have also had several Linux distros installed at various times. The trick is to do your homework and get the best price/performance ratio you can afford.

[Southack]

"It's like purchasing Johnson wax stripper for removing Johnson wax buildup..."

No, that would be like getting Johnson wax stripper for free.

[vox_freedom]

No, that would be like getting Johnson wax stripper for free.

He, he, he. True. Right now we purchase Microsoft software that includes Outlook and Explorer et al and then get the spam, spyware, and viruses for free.

[Reactionary]

"Are you running XP on 300mhz Celerons?"

Hardly. But seeing how the Windows directory on this machine is 2.39 gigabytes, I can see why you need a rocket engine to run Gates' bloatware.