Brent has an awesome rant about why I've always hated Windows XP.
I finally gave XP a try on my new machine.
The bold primary colours, the fonts and pictures, the icons and widgets that look like alphabet blocks, the condescending tone of the prompts, the wizards that assume you're an imbecile, the Teletubby landscape background, the automatic password-free signon, the invitation to hold on to the MSN rope so you don't get lost - it's a FUCKING KINDERGARTEN.
Yes, I know it's essentially Win2k underneath, if you can dig through all the sugar and crap to get to it. And even then, I'd never be quite sure that some handholding automaton isn't going to come along and readjust my environment "for my comfort and convenience" after I've set things up Just So.
That partition only lasted 35 minutes. Buh-bye Tinkywinky. Buh-bye Po. Good morning Windows 2000, thanks for not trying to wipe my ass for me.
Thursday, February 20, 2003
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