In response to "What if Microsoft Sold Cars?" comes (from Information Week magazine, April 29, 1996):

• A lot of hoopla would accompany the introduction of each year's new models, even though they would be pretty much the same as the previous year's.
• When a computer crashed, it would bounce across the room out of control, destroying three other computers in the process.
• Upon discovering a defect, GM would spend four years denying there was a problem rather than ship an upgrade disk.
• Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, and Olds dealers would all sell the same computers.
• Every computer available in 1996 would have the same capacity and same performance, but would cost twice as much as the computer you could have bought in 1986.
• Right after the salesman finishes telling you how reliable your new computer will be, you will be pressured to buy an extended computer warranty.