Comment by alexjplant

The long pause after "Verifying DMI Pool Data..." as the disk image downloaded aroused a dormant feeling of dread in me as I panicked and wondered why Windows wasn't loading... back in the day it meant getting yelled at for "breaking" the computer and tasked with spending the day reinstalling Windows and everybody's programs.

Nostalgia tends to make things seem better than they were. Moments like this remind me how much tech has improved over the years.