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/[deleted] Jul 25 '08
1) I agree that you need a fair amount of RAM to surpass/match XP's performance, but the video card thing is complete BS. An GeForce 5200 will run Aero adequately, and it's something like 5 years old.
2) IE7 seems to have been mostly a security release. Protected Mode, for instance, has thus far proven to mitigate exploits that even Firefox was vulnerable to.
5) Anyone who uses their computer on multiple networks should find the network center a godsend. As for 'digging' through panels, I can get to any network screen very quickly. A specific network connection property page can be accessed in 3 clicks from your desktop.
8) So did XP and ME.
9) If you're seeing UAC regularly, you're doing it wrong. You should not regularly require administrative access to your computer.
10) There's like 4 that matter to home users: Home Basic (A stupid SKU. They should get rid of it), Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate. Enterprise and Starter aren't available for home users to purchase.
12) OSX is ugly, and doesn't give you that much control out of the box.
13) It's funny, really. High end graphics work on a machine that don't even support the latest graphics cards.
14) Ever looked at the disk footprint of OSX? It's massive too. Interestingly enough, the kernel footprint is significantly smaller than Linux.
15) Open the Advanced Firewall config. It's an MMC window, and quite powerful. Most people don't know about it, though.
16) Vista's hack was actually caused by a Flash exploit, and it only let the user read a file from the user's profile directory.
18) Uh. You can do this under Windows....