Make box makers use a non GUI OS

[john17]

Considering all the problems of Windows why not require the box makers to use a menu driven DOS operating system.
People could still have Windows but would have to start in this DOS then if Windows was giving them problems it would be easy to go to another operating system or use DOS.

[Lead Head]

Microsoft will take there OEM lisences away if they put in any other OS besides windows.

EDIT: Welcome to Microsuck:)

[mobrien_12]

The simple answer is that MS doesn't want this.

[cymon]

The simplest answer is that this will make less money for MS.

[piratePenguin]

The even simpler answer is that Microsoft are just lazy.

[toadlife]

The simple answer is that MS doesn't want this.

Close. The answer is actually that consumers don't want this.

[Refalm]

OEM's are required by Microsoft to install one operating system on their computer.

Two is not allowed.

[Aloone_Jonez]

Considering all the problems of Windows why not require the box makers to use a DOS operating system that uses limited graphics.
People could still have Windows but would have to start in this DOS then if Windows was giving them problems it would be easy to go to another operating system or use DOS.

Because Windows NT is more stable than DOS, I remember how often Win9x used to BSOD compared to XP.

[Jack2000]

oh yes and xp "is more stable" ... right

[Refalm]

oh yes and xp "is more stable" ... right

We're not talking about Windows XP, we're talking about Windows NT vs. MS-DOS.

And Windows NT is still more stable than MS-DOS. Of course, it doesn't have a chance of beating UNIX for a second, but still.

[john17]

Microsoft will take there OEM lisences away if they put in any other OS besides windows.
 
EDIT: Welcome to Microsuck:)

Unfortunately this is probably true.
If a box maker went ahead doing this without Windows and and was successful with the help of some killer application how would Microsoft counter this competitor, it would be like Microsoft's CE OS against the Palm OS in the PDA market. It doesn't understand the principal that simplicity is sometimes better.
 
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[WMD]

Close. The answer is actually that consumers don't want this.

Consumers don't really "want" anything - it's just given to them, and it is what it is.  If a bunch of OEMs put forth this plan, that would just be what people "want" - perhaps with somewhat of a delay for software companies to catch up.

[Aloone_Jonez]

oh yes and xp "is more stable" ... right

Yes, NT = XP and yes it is more stable than DOS or Windows 9x which ran on top of it. Under plain DOS the whole system would hand if the CPU executed an invalid instruction, this situation improved slightly under Windows (or in a DPMI program which is run under a DOS extender) alhough there was no propper memory protection so one program could still quite easilly take down the whole OS.

[lovefist233]

you can add this feature yourself anyway, and if you wanted e.g. windows and fedora, the fedora installer even helps you set up the dual boot (although it didnt work for me)

[piratePenguin]

Close. The answer is actually that consumers don't want this.

Do consumers want DRM?