[ugh]

Windows doesn’t crash anymore. No more than OS X anyway. I do think, however, that the use of this icon is ok. It’s a cheap potshot at Windows but it’s only visible if you use Quicklook or Coverflow, no big deal. And, contrary to the author, I don’t believe that you should only mock if you are flawless.

(This is [2007], by the way. The BSOD icon is still there, though. It wasn’t removed with 10.6 update.)

[nkassis]

Actually, it can be seen in smaller version on the side of Finder under shared. I find it funny that i have two computer connected, one using NFS which shows up a cool LCD and another one using SMB showing up with the BSOD icon and both running Linux ;p

[ugh]

You see a monitor with something blue on it, it’s not identifiable as a BSOD (if you don’t know). That was my point.

[rsl7]

I think is a reflection of how switchers feel about Windows systems when they have to connect to those shared drives. Makes them feel good about their switch. And of course reinforces Mac users' bias against Windows. It's an emotional connection, better at least than an abstract disk image or a Microsoft logo.

It is no more smug than the envelope/stamp imagery used for email - it's not as if we email users look down upon those poor deluded souls who still cling to their snail mail. (do we?)