IF BILL GATES BUILT CARS....

How life would be different if Microsoft built cars:

Owner's manuals would have over 1,300 pages and weigh over 3 lbs.

Guarantees would disclaim all promises that the cars were usable for
travel.

Opening the car's door for the first time would signal acceptance of
the guarantee terms.

We'd all have to switch to MicroSoft Gasoline.

The U.S. Government would be getting subsidies from a car company,
instead of giving them.

You'd be constantly pressured to upgrade your car.

You could only carry one person in your car at a time, unless you
bought Car95 or CarNT--but then you'd have to buy more seats.

For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.

Every time they repainted the lines on the road you 
would have to buy a new car.

Occasionally, your car would die on the freeway for 
no reason. You would just accept this, restart, and 
drive on.

Occasionally, executing a manner such as a left turn,
would cause your car to shut down and refuse to 
restart, in which case you would have to reinstall 
the engine.

Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the 
sun, reliable, five times as fast, and twice as easy 
to drive, but would only run on five percent of the 
roads.

The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning 
lights would be replaced by a single "general car 
default" warning light.

The air bag system would say "Are you sure?" before 
going off.

Occasionally for no reason whatsoever, your car would 
lock you out and refuse to let you in until you 
simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key, 
and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

General Motors would require all car buyers to also
purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now 
a G.M. subsidiary), even though they neither need 
them nor want them.  Attempting to delete this option 
would immediately cause the car's performance to 
diminish by fifty percent or more.  Moreover, General 
Motors would become a target for investigation by the 
Justice Department.

Every time General Motors introduced a new model, car
buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again 
because none of the controls would operate in the same 
manner as the old car.

You'd press the "Start" button to shut off the engine.