My experience with installing Windows in 2006 was being presented with a 1-800 number I had to call, so that I could read off a massive hex string and type in a

My experience with installing Windows in 2006 was being presented with a 1-800 number I had to call, so that I could read off a massive hex string and type in an endless series of call-and-response codes. That was AFTER having to dig out a floppy drive -- in 2006 -- because Microsoft couldn't be bothered to update their installation media with SATA drivers. Once that was done I was faced with a nearly-driverless machine, followed by several hours of shuttling .msi files in via USB drive (including a four hundred megabyte printer driver?!), capped off with a four- to six-hour Windows Update marathon, during which my computer rebooted at random. Installing Windows was what made me investigate Linux in the first place. Since then I have found peace with Apple products, but I seriously think you're looking at Windows of old with some rose-tinted glasses.