I sometimes long for the time when everything about the personal computer was simple. Upgrading your Operating System back then was just as simple and uncomplicated as replacing the floppy disk inside the 5-inch drive. The only system optimization tools back then were the Disk Defragmenter and the Disk Doctor, which checked for bad sectors. Having a colored monitor during the 1970s was quite inconsequential, too. Prior to the advent of Windows, the OS of choice was the MS-DOS. In case you didn’t know, DOS didn’t offer any GUI or graphical user interface. Everything was just plain text in black and white. In fact, the only thing that differentiated the PC from the typewriter is the monitor.Everything has changed rapidly since then. Programs have become more complicated and demanded more from the system. Faulty software design has also cluttered the system registry. In short, everything became… well, somewhat of a mess.

Ok, so my nostalgia may be misplaced. After all, who would really want to go back to the time when the PC was just a word processor? What I do want to experience again though, is a faster and uncomplicated PC that is not beset by faulty hardware and software design. I’m sure you feel the same way too… Right?

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