If automotive technology had kept pace with computer
technology over the past few decades, you would now be
driving a V-32 instead of a V8, and it would have a top
speed of 10,000 miles/hour (160,000km/hr). Or you could
have an economy car that weighs 30 pounds (14 kilos) and
gets a thousand miles to the gallon of gas. In either
case, the sticker of the new car would be less than
$50.00.
In response to all this goading, General Motors responded:
"Yes, but would you really want to drive a car that crashes 4 times
a day?"
General Motors also responded by saying that if Microsoft
built cars:
1. Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you'd have to
buy a new car.
2. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason,
and you'd have to restart it. For some strange reason, you'd
just accept this and drive on.
3. Occasionally, your car would stop and fail to restart, and
you'd have to reinstall the engine. For some strange reason,
you'd just accept this too.
4. You could only have one person in the car at a time, unless
you bought a Car95 or a CarNT. But then you'd have to buy
more seats.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was
twice as fast, twice as easy to drive--but would only run on
5 percent of the roads.
6. The Macintosh car owners would get expensive Microsoft
upgrades to their cars, which would make their cars run much
slower.
7. The oil, engine, gas and alternator warning lights would be
replaced by a single "General Car Default" warning light.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.
9. The airbag system would say, "Are you sure?" before going off.
10. If you were involved in a crash, you would have no idea what
happened.