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Breaking Windows (12/13/97)
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And while NT continues its threat to Apple in the professional graphics arena, Microsoft's general-use/consumer operating system prepares to emerge as Windows 97 98. Not counting potential setbacks that may arise as a result of the ongoing Department of Justice flap, Microsoft hopes to ship the updated OS before the middle of next year.

Now, we constantly encounter claims that Windows 95 is better than the Mac OS because of its protected memory and crash-protection. But Windows 95, in actuality, crashes. A lot. So users are hoping for a more reliable version of crash-protection in Windows 98-- and it appears that Microsoft has found one, if the mid-beta version that was shown at Internet World is any indication. Multiple Mac OS Rumors sources report that Microsoft had two Win98 systems running side-by-side, and when a crash occurred (which was a frequent event), the demonstrator would switch to the other machine while the first one rebooted-- and pray that that system didn't crash before the first one came back up.

So there you have it: Windows 98's new crash-protection. Run two systems, and switch every time you have to reboot. Of course we're being facetious, and Microsoft has six months to improve stability, but we bet the Microsoft/Intel marketing juggernauts could actually sell dual-system crash protection as a feature. They'd sell twice as many machines, after all...

 
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The above scene was taken from the 12/13/97 episode:

December 13, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 265: Turf War at Moscone (12/13/97)   After Mac the Knife had hinted at such a thing a few weeks ago, we mentioned that certain Wintel manufacturers are reportedly planning to hawk their wares at next month's MacWorld Expo, in hopes of pulling Mac users over to the Dark Side of the Force...

  • 266: Power Resurrection (12/13/97)   Power Computing, the hardest-hit casualty in the Great Clone Wars of 1997, plans to rise from its own ashes next year, according tothe Austin-American Statesman. CEO Steven Kahng wants to leap full-force into the Wintel battefield, unencumbered by any ties to Apple...

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