Windows 2000: Let's open this window

Windows 2000: Let's open this window

JAKARTA (JP): Now is the time to celebrate new technological
advances, new steps in creativity, and the new era of information
confusion. Of course I am talking about the release of Windows
2000.

Less than two weeks ago, Microsoft once again released a new
operating system. Seemingly, after years of examining previous
versions of Windows operating systems, investigating some of
their flaws, and exploring new areas for improvement, Bill Gates
decided that he needed more money.

However, before we buy this new software, we should ask some
questions: Do we really need a new operating system? Are we
satisfied by our present one? And why are we always picking our
nose when reading something on our computer screen?

Before we answer those questions, let's examine the
improvements of this new operating system over the previous one
(Windows 98). I can answer in these few words: I do not know.

As an average nontechnical computer user, I have no idea about
the improvements that are incorporated in the new operating
system. The only added value that I can get from this Windows
2000 is that I no longer have to worry about the improvements of
Windows 98 over Windows 95, which I have not understood after two
years of using it.

Therefore, I asked some of my computer literate friends about
this. They, understanding that my computer skill is limited to
clicking my mouse at any random object on the screen, explained
to me that the major improvement of every new operating system is
that it makes your computer perform faster.

Yes, the operating speed is apparently very important in the
computer world. Several years ago when we used the slow MS-DOS
system, we had to waste time typing a long command after the A:

Microsoft then released a newer version of MS-DOS, whose
functions were the same as the first one, except that now the
computer could say "Abort, Retry, Fail?"

The next operating system that Microsoft released was Windows.
This was really an innovative improvement for our computer, not
only because we were no longer required to type our commands
manually, but also because it included the most important
software invention, the one that had made Bill Gates the richest
man in the world: the solitaire game.

With this new operating system, we could do stuff with our
computer just by pointing to a little icon with our mouse, and
"clicking" on it .

This Windows system proved to be faster than MS-DOS. But
apparently it was not fast enough for Bill Gates, in terms of not
making him wealthy enough.

That is why, after many versions of that Windows system,
Microsoft released a new operating system, Windows 95. It had
many technological advantages, none of which, had I any idea how
to use. However, now I could see a Windows 95 logo with sky
background on the screen.

Windows 95 was the basis for Windows 98, a system that
Microsoft worked on for three years just to replace the '95' with
'98' in its logo. But besides that logo, this operating system
seemed to be the same as the 95 edition.

My friend kept telling me that the 98 version was a lot faster
than Windows 95, especially when connecting to the Internet.

We only had to click an icon to dial our Internet access
number, and within seconds we could listen to the sound of the
Modem, which sounded like the screams of a thousand grasshoppers
stuck in a running blender, only more irritating. Seconds later,
thanks to the speed and the adaptability of our new operating
system, we could see a message that said "Disconnected from the
server you've dialed".

To summarize, for someone who uses a computer very often, and
who gets an adrenaline rush every time he sees a 633MHz
processor, the release of a new operating system is always great
news. Now he can increase the speed of his computer, and reduce
download time from the Internet, thereby allowing him to retrieve
more nude pictures of Alyssa Milano, quicker.

In addition, he can also find something that is more
interesting to do than imagining that he is one of the cast of
Friends. Now, he can spend most of the day exploring every new
feature in the new system, check the speed and application of the
new computer mumbo jumbo terms and acronyms that only he and
other Martians can understand, such as gigabytes, Linux, PCMCIA
(Personal Computer Memory Card International Association), PMS
(Post Menstrual Syndrome), and GPA329MH-94600RPM/j