The thread is from 2004, it should go into the title.
I've been using Windows XP until January 2009, then I reformatted my laptop with Ubuntu. One of the first things I noticed was that it instantaneously recognized pen drives without going through all that found new device dance. OS X is also fast at mounting USB drives. I just can't understand the technical reasons that make Windows annoy people with that. Is it still the same with Windows 8?
I've been using Windows XP until January 2009, then I reformatted my laptop with Ubuntu. One of the first things I noticed was that it instantaneously recognized pen drives without going through all that found new device dance. OS X is also fast at mounting USB drives. I just can't understand the technical reasons that make Windows annoy people with that. Is it still the same with Windows 8?