Re:I am totally suprised... (Score 1)

I competed in this with the only high school that participated. We also used Windows, but we used Pro, not Embedded. Our budget was such that we could only afford an OQO (our computer) with Pro preinstalled. We got 15th place, instead of 5th like last year, largely because of Windows. I blue screened it twice, while Windows Genuine Advantage and Windows updates popped up intermittently, slowing our code down so much that the computer crashed. By the time we figured out what the hell was happening (put it in the submarine, "might be at risk"? *CRASH* $%#@) and disabled all of the services we could, we had completely fried the OQO's battery, and were forced to just hardwire the engines to go forward. Thanks, Microsoft. You owe us $3000 in prize money.