From CNN.com:

“Time-weary consumers who increasingly rely on laptops, PCs and other electronic devices to watch movies or listen to music are demanding immediate gratification. The tech industry is responding.

Toshiba Corp. showed off new notebooks with its “Express Media Player,” which lets users instantly play audio or video DVDs and CDs with a simple push of a button and without the need to first boot the Microsoft Corp. Windows operating system.”

In other words, Microsoft’s operating system is SO poor that manufacturers are actually starting to implement hardware workarounds for the fact that the software is so slow, bulky, and does not address user needs!