Ok... Just a minor question... Why is it that when I got my new computer, set it up, and turned it on, I found that I had no less than 30 meg of updates for the OS to download. (yes, I'm a PC guy... please don't tell me to get a Mac, I'm not interested) My problem in this case isn't actually with Microsoft. (it'd be nice if their software worked well when they released it, but that's not what this is about) My issue is with the manufacturer of my PC... I know that they just mirror the drives, or ghost them to make their lives easier, and faster, but come on... I suspect it would take very little time for them to keep their master drive image updated... I'm stuck in the stone ages with my dial up access... 30 meg is quite a commitment for me to download that way...
But wait... there's more...
It somehow seems that it had to go through round one of the updates before it figured out it was still behind on other aspects, so after my first night letting it download, I find the next day, I needed yet another 15 some odd meg worth of stuff...
Now, I finally got mad... All I wanted to do was get online and get current with sites I follow (wasn't chaseing too many blogs at the time, but other sites like news, weather, professional sites) Could I just go through and surf while it was running?... Sure... I could... but ya know I just don't want to have that flashback to the days of 14.4 modems (or worse since I started on modems in the 2k range what ever that was) where we all sat around and waited patiently for basic pages to load, let alone the heavy graphic and scripted pages we have today. Could I just go ahead and surf for a bit then start it running?... Yep... Of course I could... but when I'm seeing updates that are labeled "critical security" I tend to flinch a bit. So it was yet another night shot...
So I'm thinking back now... That was two nights of my life I can't get back... All because my chosen manufacturer is too damn lazy to keep their drives up to date... What a great purchaseing experience... Someone remind me to just build my own next time... At least I'll expect to have to spend a couple days on software issues then...
Posted by Backstage at August 20, 2003 07:50 PM