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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 528 | | number = 528 | ||
− | | date = January | + | | date = January 1, 2009 |
| title = Windows 7 | | title = Windows 7 | ||
| image = windows_7.png | | image = windows_7.png | ||
− | | titletext = Disclaimer: I have not actually tried the beta yet. I hear it's quite pleasant and hardly Hitler-y at all. | + | | imagesize = |
+ | | titletext = Disclaimer: I have not actually tried the beta yet. I hear it's quite pleasant and hardly Hitler-y at all. | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | In this comic, a girl (possibly [[Megan]]) is observing [[Cueball]] use a laptop on which he has installed the Windows 7 beta. However, the alleged Windows 7 beta is howing nothing but a picture of Adolph Hitler and Cueball is unable to do anything. Cueball then presses Control-Alt-Delete (the well-known Windows Secure Attention Sequence which opens Task Manager or displays a list of options which includes 'Shut Down' ahd 'Restart') as suggested by Megan, but only manages to make the picture's eyes flash. | |
− | The | + | The third panel shows Megan commenting that this Windows 7 beta is better than Windows Vista, to which Cueball agrees. The joke is that Megan deems a mostly non-functional OS better than Windows Vista, which had problems that were mocked in Apple Mac OS TV commercials. |
− | The title text is a disclaimer stating that [[Randall]] has not tried the beta at the time this comic was written, but | + | The title text is a disclaimer stating that [[Randall]] has not tried the beta at the time this comic was written, but has heard positive opinions about it. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[A girl is standing behind a guy sitting at a desk using his laptop] |
− | : | + | :Girl: What are you doing? |
− | : | + | :Guy: Trying the Windows 7 beta. |
− | : | + | :Girl: Why is it showing a picture of Hitler? |
− | :[The laptop's screen is shown with | + | :[The laptop's screen is shown with Adolph Hitler's face on it] |
− | : | + | :Guy: I don't know. I can't get it to do anything else. |
− | : | + | :Girl: There's no UI? |
− | : | + | :Guy: No, just Hitler. |
− | :[Return to the original scene, except | + | :[Return to the original scene, except the girl is now scratching her head in confusion] |
− | : | + | :Girl: Did you try Ctrl-Alt-Delete? |
− | : | + | :Guy: It just makes Hitler's eyes flash. |
− | : | + | :Girl: Huh. |
− | :[Scene remains basically the same, except | + | :[Scene remains basically the same, except the girl is no longer scratching her head and the guy is no longer typing on the laptop] |
− | : | + | :Girl: Well, it's better than Vista. |
− | : | + | :Guy: True. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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