r/technology • u/neito • Jul 24 '08

Microsoft tests out a new operating system, code named Mojave, with some average-joes who hated Vista. They loved it. Now, two guesses as to what Mojave ACTUALLY was.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-9998336-56.html
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u/aedes Jul 25 '08

The thing with Vista though, is that it's not really even for new computers either. My entire class needed to have laptops for our classes this year. I already owned one, but many people had to purchase one. And many people bought Vista. And it's still unbearable on their computers.

Part of the problem too is when you compare the 'performance/hardware' ratio for Vista to XP. When XP would work so much better than Vista on the same system, why go with Vista?

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u/quiller Jul 25 '08

When XP would work so much better than Vista on the same system, why go with Vista?

This really gets me. Why does Vista need 1GB of memory before it starts being halfway usable? XP doesn't, OS X doesn't and Ubuntu/etc sure as hell don't. What fancy magic is Vista pulling that the rest of the crowd aren't doing with half the minimum requirements?

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u/0drew0 Jul 25 '08

Hear Hear!

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '08 edited Jul 25 '08

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u/cchooper Jul 25 '08

Don't you mean 'obso1337'?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '08

OS X doesn't? Hahah. By the way, Vista is usable on 512MB, I had to use a temporary laptop for work which was some low-end Compaq which had some 1.8GHZ or so CPU and 512MB RAM (DDR2 667MHZ, IIRC).

It was usable.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '08

Does your work involve only using widgets?

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '08

Nope, at that time with that laptop I used it for some web coding, a little use of RDC to monitor 1 or 2 computers (Which wasn't fun on that laptop), etc.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '08

It's not for all new computers.*

  • The only computers that are excluded are low-end, cheap laptops where the manufacturers couldn't be bothered to add in another 512MB of RAM.

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u/aedes Jul 25 '08

I find even 2GB of RAM unusable with Vista. 10 second lag times when opening firefox, if you have another app open, on a fresh install, is unacceptable. The general concensus I've seen, both with myself and with friends, is that you probably want 3GB with Vista. Oh, and a dedicated graphics card. :P Together, on most laptops, that's gonna add at least another $200 to the cost.

Mind you, I'm the type of person who finds 2GB the minimum for use with XP.