Gates Spends Entire First Day Back in Office Trying to Install Windows 8.1

Possibly.

However it definitely captures the frustration that comes with installing Windows. Most people however are unaware of this frustration because they just buy a device already running an OS.

Yes, the Borowitz Report is (frequently quite entertaining) satire.

Andy Borowitz rights satirical news stories for the New Yorker, so yes.

If not a joke, it means Windows 9 will come in earlier than expected.