There are many reasons to hate Windows. But this one was new to me: I have been issued with an unlovely Dell running Windows for teletubbies.
I plugged a USB mouse in with one hand, while still using the machine with the other. A little speech-bubble like thing pops up saying "Windows has detected a new human-computer interface device" And then the fucking thing hung for 5 seconds. Presumably while it found drivers. It's only a mouse, dammit. Haven't you seen a mouse before? Might a USB mouse be a fairly standard thing? If you plug a mouse into a Mac, it just keeps working. Presumably teletubbies can only do one thing at a time, so Windows is built down to that level. Oh, and every time I plug or unplug the mouse Windows make stupid noises at me. Yes, yes, the machine has a sound card. Do you need to keep reminding me? Just shut the fuck up and be useful. Which is probably too much to ask. :-( Nicholas Clark
