Surface Book 2 afflicted by mystery Blue Screen Of Death errors If you’re running a Surface Book 2, you might want to hold off on the latest cumulative update that is making some in the line quite poorly and their owners quite irate. The problem was first reported on Reddit, as users huddled around the virtual campfire to sing songs and exchange tales of Surface Book 2 woe. Blue Screens …
Facepalm indeed. Microsoft is really starting to look ridiculous. First it can't seem to publish updates that don't have problems, now it's actually getting into break-it's-own-hardware territory.
From there to brick it permanently, there's just a short hop and a skip.
So, let's break out the popcorn and see how far this rabbit hole goes !
Of course it can. Imagine the number of hours, meetings, and so on which went into the new Office icons (there's even a damn video for them) and multiply that by everything Microsoft do.
I've cut Microsoft and Windows a LOT of slack over the last 20 years. Windows has had to run on a much more diverse platform than the various Apple OSes, making it a more impressive engineering achievement in many ways. However, for it to fail on a very narrow and specific spec of PC (the very pricey Surface Book 2, in this case) that is ACTUALLY OWNED BY MICROSOFT is what we call a mega-fail.
During the development of Windows 2000, MS gave bug-fixes a higher priority than any other task.
It slowed down development a little, but resulted in probably the most reliable and least buggy version of the OS they have ever produced.
Shame they lost the lessons learned that led to that...
From the Usenet Oracle :
The Usenet Oracle has pondered your question deeply.
Your question was:
> O great Oracle, the one who sees all and knows all, please accept
> this humble question from thy grovelling supplicant...
>
> Why is Windows 95 Beta so bug-ridden it's not funny?
And in response, thus spake the Oracle:
} THE SCENE: A dark antechamber of the Gates estate, dimly lit by three
} 20" monitors suspended from the ceiling. In the middle of the room is
} a Pentium/100Hz, sheathed in a black casing. Three programmers dance
} around the machine, chanting horribly. Their pale, clammy complexion
} is cast hideously by the light of the monitors, rendered even more
} repugnant to the watchful eye bye the 60Hz flicker of the monitors.
}
} FIRST PROGRAMMER: Thrice the brinded net hath mewed.
}
} SECOND PROGRAMMER: Thrice, and once the Warp-pig whined.
}
} THIRD PROGRAMMER: MacHarpier cries. 'Tis time, 'tis time!
}
} FIRST: Round about the terminal go;
} In the poisoned upgrade throw.
} Code, which by a student done
} In minutes numbering sixty-one.
} Run-time error, protection fault,
} Crash ye first, crash ye shalt.
}
} ALL [as they dance around the Pentium]:
} Double, double, toil and trouble;
} Tempers burn and data bubble.
}
} SECOND: Fillet of a Sound Card bake,
} In the Pentium no sound make;
} Point of arrow, click of mouse,
} Scream of user, frightened spouse,
} OS/2's net use appeal,
} Steve Jobs' look and Wozniak's feel.
} For a charm of powerful trouble,
} Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
}
} ALL: Double, double, toil and trouble;
} Tempers burn and data bubble.
}
} THIRD: Click "Start" button, speed of slug,
} You would think you forgot the plug.
} Multitasking, ha ha ho
} If just one worked you'd be good to go.
} This should grab those straggling few
} Who aren't using DOS 6.22.
} Now we shall the Mac eclipse,
} While curse words cross our users' lips.
} Leave the errors in so we can fix
} And sell more...Windows 96!
} And so we will release the Beta
} For corruption of their data.
}
} ALL: Double, double, toil and trouble;
} Users buy, our profits double.
}
} SECOND: Compile it with errors through,
} Since the users have no clue.
}
} [Enter BillGate to the other three programmers.]
}
} BillGate: O, well done! I commend your pains,
} And everyone shall share i' the gains.
} And now about the program get,
} But NEVER use it on OUR net.
} Security is scarce put in.
} [Beeps of PONG heard in the background.]
} [Exit BillGate.]
}
} SECOND WITCH: By the usage of my UMBs
} Wicked Windows this way comes.
} Open locks,
} Whoever knocks!
}
} [Fade to black.]
}
} Remember, Obsolescence isn't an accident, it's an art form.
}
} You owe the Oracle a signed, handwritten manuscript of MacBeth, and a
} copy of the Windows upgrade for the P6.
Got a BSOD within one minute (second click of Windows installation setup) after turning on my new very top-end Dell XPS15.
First Dell I've ever bought - because it was the only laptop with an i9 I knew Linux would be easy to run on.
Multiple *serious* arse problems with clean manufacturer installation of Windows (fault of Microsoft Windows, and hardware drivers: not Dell per se).
Then Ubuntu installed perfectly, and runs great (after running a bash script that sets up config for this laptop).
Windows gets worse and worse, Linux just gets better and better.
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