1. Bill Gates vs GM  If Cars Were Computers

2.  Bill Gates supposedly said: " If General Motors had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon. " Bill Gates Quote

3.  In response to this alleged comment, General Motors purportedly issued a press release stating that if GM had developed technology like computers, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics: GM Responds

4. If Cars Were Computers 1  1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.

5.  2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car. If Cars Were Computers 2

6.  3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this. If Cars Were Computers 3

7.  4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have just reinstall the engine. If Cars Were Computers 4 How to Reinstall Windows in less than 5 hours. Steps 1-247 1. Back up entire disk drive to the iMac upstairs. 2. Find Windows XP install disc. 3. Reboot with Windows XP install disc. 4. Asked for product activation key. Curse Microsoft. 5. Search house in vain for original, legitimate Windows XP box. 6. Search control panel in vain for a dialog pane that displays key…

8.  5. Macintosh would make a car that I was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only 5 percent of the roads. If Cars Were Computers 5

9.  6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single " This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation ” warning light. If Cars Were Computers 6

10.  7. The air bag system would ask " Are you sure? " before deploying. If Cars Were Computers 7

11.  8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key, and grabbed hold of the radio antenna. If Cars Were Computers 8

12.  9. Every time a new car was introduced, car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car. If Cars Were Computers 9 Microsoft Word Changes 1. Your adaptive Microsoft Office Menu now changes every day 2. You can now only see “full menus after a short delay” of 5 seconds 3. You must now Click while holding down Ctrl to launch a hyperlink 4. If you want to draw an arrow to point to something, the drawing canvas now gets in your way 5. If you want to move a picture, you must now first format it…

13.  10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off. If Cars Were Computers 10