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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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HAL 90210

BB-8's Windows XP makeover is the stuff of nightmares

‘Beep, boop, critical error, shutdown, error error error.’

Everyone knows that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is actually an uplifting story about a little robot named BB-8 overcoming adversity with the help of his human servants. But that feelgood film quickly turns into a horror movie with the introduction of Windows XP.

YouTuber Brian Elder took BB-8 and gave him a 2001 makeover, complete with Microsoft’s best hits such as critical stop, Windows XP shut down, Clippy and even the classic ImgBurn “I’ve just made a coaster out of your recordable CD” error.

imgburn error message
Doh, your X-Wing has just been turned into a coaster. Photograph: YouTube

BB-8 is transformed into a critical error machine, and with it our dreams of a peaceful, droid-infused life. Bill Gates would be proud.

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