My computer, after 8 years of proudly rocking a pre-release, non-sevice pack-able, pirated-before-Napster version of Windows XP Professional, finally fell to a virus. For a few days things would get more unstable than usual, but the virus scanners I could run didn't pick up anything. Then random things started getting corrupted, and before I knew it I couldn't do anything even in safe mode. Luckily I have held on to my bullshit HP system recovery discs for the past 9 years, so I'm now using Windows ME with the factory settings and trying to bittorrent a new operating system. No new video drivers, no nothing but the bare essentials and the retarded cartoon scientist on the desktop trying to get me to use AOL 5.
The novelty is palpable.