Your 486 DX2-66 computer hums quietly in the corner of your room. The excitement is palpable as you carefully remove the first installation disk from its sleeve. This is it - the future of computing is in your hands.
[OK] Checking system requirements...
[OK] 4MB RAM detected
[OK] 50MB free hard disk space available
The fan whirs as the disk drive springs to life with its familiar clicking sound. You can't help but smile as you remember paying extra for the double-speed CD-ROM drive last year - totally worth it.
Six hours and thirteen disk swaps later...
ERROR: Invalid system disk in drive A:
Your heart stops. Did disk 11 just fail? You carefully clean it with your t-shirt and try again...
[OK] Disk read successfully
As the final files copy over, you catch yourself dreaming about all the possibilities. Maybe you'll finally be able to run that new game "Doom" everyone's talking about. Or perhaps you'll explore this new thing called the "World Wide Web" with the included Internet Explorer.
The familiar startup sound plays through your speakers. You've done it. You're now running the most advanced operating system in the world. The start menu appears, and you can't help but click it a few times just to see the animation.
Time to install Solitaire and show Mom how to use a mouse...