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The perfect operating system....
Ok, lets see if this one gets some creative thinking going....
Think about the perfect operating system... what would it be like?
For me it would be totally modular.
Buying the latest version would give me the core OS, the multitasker, the driver interface and a "load up" tool. nothing more.
From there I would add what features I wanted... and only those features I want. Don't need CD burning... don't install it! The extra modules would be either downloaded (have your credit card ready!) or purchased on separate disks.
It would have an easily replaceable User Interface... and hopefully there would be several different ones available. One for gaming, one for corporate, one for home use, etc.
The most common Drivers would be provided on the DVD or available for download, but they would not be bundled into the install. Only those actually used would be installed. If I have removeable drives etc. that are not present during the install, it should prompt me for the disk or download them... it should not waste my machine space with a ton of crap that gets installed "just in case".
It should be progressive.
There should be no big leaps, such as between Windows 98 and windows 2000... these changes should be driven by hardware and should be made available as user directed updates... not as "automatic updates" because most people just don't get what that's really all about.
Development should be progressive continuing to build upon and improve the core OS incrementally over time so that at no time do I have to reinstall an entirely new OS.
It should be tidy
New options and features should be available as they're developed but they should not be bundled. It should be possible to improve the OS in bits and pieces to suit my needs replacing older modules or versions and completely removing the previous ones without bloat or clutter on the hard disk. Updates and changes as the OS moves along should not cause undue growth in the OS. Moreover, it should be possible to completely remove features that are no longer needed; don't need networking... just uninstall it and get back the disk space.
Anybody want to add to the list?