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Subscribe to commentsWill H.Aug 13th 2008 2:38AM
Windows ME is most certainly the worst invention ever, if you can even call it that.
On the other hand, suicide doors are awesome.
DarkLightAug 13th 2008 4:10AM
Yeah, I love suicide doors. Nothing wrong with them.. (If you activate the child-proof lock, or however it's called in english)
And I never used ME, went straight from 98 to XP... Lucky me
hungry foeAug 13th 2008 1:21PM
man talk about uncompatibility, windows vista home and home premium should have been considered for this list. talk about bloatware, it may not be as bad as ME but its still horible for gamers or anyone who likes tweaking their computers, totaly un userfreidly if there ever was a user freildly OS. ill just stick to my windows XP pro until heir gates decides to give us a decent OS for people who can actualy use a computer.
heil microsoft.
lol
JonAug 13th 2008 7:30AM
Lincoln Continentals with suicide doors are awesome, I don't know what this guy is talking about.
JonAug 13th 2008 7:31AM
Lincoln Continentals with suicide doors are awesome, I don't know
what this guy is talking about.
CharlesAug 13th 2008 9:04AM
I would have to say that the worst gadget ever made was the guy that made this list. Suicide doors were just about the coolest thing ever seen on a car.
MichaelAug 13th 2008 9:48AM
Nope....gull wing doors were about the coolest thing ever seen on a car. Although suicide doors not only WERE cool, they still ARE cool on extended cab chevy pickup trucks. Which essentially are the old suicide doors with an overlap so you can't open them until the front door is opened first.
Jeannie WalterAug 13th 2008 10:06AM
The worst gadget ever? WINDOWS VISTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a worthless example of that thief Bill Gate's pathetic ego. And the idiots at computer companies like Dell (who REFUSE to let Americans talk to understandable English speaking phone techs on the subject) tout this garbage program as something special--are they trying to blow smoke up Billy boy's butt to make his ego even bigger? Windows Vista sucks, people--if you haven't already been screwed by it, BEWARE! Computer companies are ripping buyers off by putting Vista in all new computers, thus destroying your chance of having a computer that actually works.
CrissyAug 13th 2008 2:24PM
Just so you know....for an additional $40.00 you can pay for an upgraded service plan with dell....all this means is you get to talk to someone based in the US when you call.....So like Sally Struthers and her pennies a day to feed an African rice....for only $40 a computer you can keep jobs in the US.... What is this country coming to!!!!
dplcurveAug 13th 2008 2:49PM
haha
whatever.
windows vista works great for me,
and i play WoW.
AmyAug 13th 2008 10:49AM
Hey I remember MS Bob! We had this when I was a teenager. You had to actually open this program manually, so it wasn’t like an operating system. It didn’t do anything that you couldn’t already do, except it may have had some games like chess or something…I can’t remember. Anyway, I mainly used it to pass the time when I was bored. You could add and “decorate” your rooms like a primitive version of “The Sims” without any people in it. I was probably supposed to be doing homework or something. Oh well!
jphwki82Aug 13th 2008 1:31PM
what about MiniDisc players that came out right before the first gen. Ipod. Those were worthless, I thought those would have made the list for sure.
stephenSep 2nd 2008 8:13PM
Those minidisc players are huge over in japan though. Everyone has them and the steroes that play them go for hundreds. they even have the players in their cars. mp3 isnt as big as it is here.
DustinAug 13th 2008 11:35AM
Windows ME also know as........My ENEMY! Yah i'd say overly ridiculous and worst gadget.
Genesta KeysAug 13th 2008 12:22PM
Has anyone heard of Spyware 2009 by windows. If not some one is trying to get into your computer. So don't down load this product.
John GAug 13th 2008 1:05PM
What about the Coleco Adam computer? The Tomy Tuter computer?
jules parkerAug 13th 2008 1:12PM
you know. there had to be something we needed to improve upon. i think back on something i developed and thought later, how dumb was that. but at least i didn't try to sell something not quite thought out. let the inventors continue and in ten years, re-evaluate.
DiAug 13th 2008 1:09PM
Genesta...what? I'm sorry can you say that again?
Oh, and Brad...Paris Hilton scandal? Really???? Gee, and I thought she was such a nice girl....GIVE IT UP!!!
The worst gadget is obviously the internet judging by some (okay, mostly ALL) of the comments made on message boards.
retro77Aug 13th 2008 1:30PM
Why do you keep on including software as gadgets? gay
boardincali82Aug 13th 2008 3:00PM
I remember the Mini Disc players way back, they were expensive too! and they looked all bulky and primitive, even then! Well one of the newer products that came out that's blown me away is the Motorokr it has a lot of features like Crystal Talk, built in FM radio, full HTML browser, and an airplane mode. What i like most about it is that you can switch between the cell phone and MP3 modes with the touch of a button. Mobile technology is booming!