What Microsoft Windows Has in Common with [Original Cast] Star Trek Movies
Skip every other release.
Here are the original cast Star Trek Movies:
VI: OK, kind of
V: Bad
IV: Goofy but enjoyable
III: Truly terrible
II: Awesome, to the point that the two Chris Pine et al reboot movies have drawn more heavily on the Wrath of Khan than the original show
I: Flat, boring
Here are the recent Windows releases:
Windows 8: Sucks
Windows 7: Excellent
Windows Vista (6?): God awful
Windows XP : Very Good
Windows ME: God awful
Windows 98/2000: OK
Do you see the pattern? Windows 7 redeemed the awful Vista in the same way XP redeemed the awful ME. I can only hope the to-be-released-in-October Windows 8.1 fixes some of the awful mistakes in Windows 8, not the least was the grafting of a butt-ugly touchscreen tablet interface to a PC OS most of us use with mouse and keyboard. Until then our company is still only buying Windows 7 computers. Some of my employees buy their own computers -- I provide all the company's tech support and have told them they are on their own if they buy Windows 8 and then can't find the control panel.
