So a couple of weeks ago my employer replaced an obsolete Dell Latitude D800 (how the hell can a ~2004 era computer already be obsolete?) with a brand new Dell Latitude D630 also running Windows XP. The old machine was frustrating beyond belief; constantly resetting itself because of either a faulty power and volume button bar or faulty software.
The new machine seemed amazingly fast and more reliable until Windows automatically updated this morning (despite my setting Windows not to Auto-Update). Microsoft has effectively bricked my machine by disabling all network cards (wireless and 100baseT); preventing the update from downloading and preventing me from getting any work done. Thanks Microsoft. I’d already wasted about 5 times as many hours in the past two weeks getting the new machine set up than I’ve spent on setup and administration of my 5 regularly used Macs all year.
In fact, I have about 40 Solaris 10 and Open SuSE servers I maintain, and I don’t think I have spent as much time administering to their needs this year either.
Thank you Microsoft for crushing American productivity. Assholes.
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