“Bill Gates’ first day at work in the newly created role of technology adviser got off to a rocky start yesterday as the Microsoft founder struggled for hours to install the Windows 8.1 upgrade,” Andy Borowitz writes for The New Yorker.
“After failing to install the upgrade by lunchtime, Mr. Gates summoned the new Microsoft C.E.O. Satya Nadella, who attempted to help him with the installation, but with no success,” Borowitz writes. “While the two men worked behind closed doors, one source described the situation as ‘tense.'”
Borowitz writes, “A Microsoft spokesman said only that Mr. Gates’ first day in his new job had been ‘a learning experience…'”
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WTF
Bill Just run XP like me….
if all else fails there’s always MS-DOS, this Windows Mouse Apple inspired sh*t is overrated anyways.
We should get back to our ROOTS…
luv
Steve
I, too, hate it when, during the Windows install, you insert floppy 43/90 when 42/90 was what the installer was asking for.
At least he sees the biggest problem they face – their own shaky software!
This guy is writing bullshit. He just doesn’t want to admit mac Sucks..
Bill, here’s how you can upgrade your windows OS in one easy step :
1. Buy a Mac.
Some of you guys are scaring me…you KNOW this was a joke right…this did NOT really happen…
Does anyone else see this as a marvelous case of poetic justice? After grinding out shitware for decades it finally bites Billy Boy in the arse. I’ve never enjoyed schadenfreude more!
Andy Borowitz is the satire writer for new yorker you morons.