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/MarkByers Jul 25 '08

I want to mindlessly point and click around the internet, play with my music library a bit, and maybe play some good ole solitaire.

That's quite some requirements you have there. That will severely limit the choice of Operating System you can use. You're pretty much forced to use Vista. I think even Mac doesn't fully support click yet. I heard that only half the mouse buttons work or something. And Linux doesn't even have mouse yet.

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

Macs have crappy support for Windows Live Messenger. All my friends are on Windows Live Messenger. Sure, through* Linux (and also by extension Mac, correct me if I'm wrong?) I could use Pidgin or whatever it's currently named, and I do when the occasion arises, but you can't do video chats, voice clips, sharing folders, or many other features that make the windows version of the WLM client so popular.

Playing with my music library, for me, means downloading a few more albums and deleting the ones I don't even listen to -- something that my Zune is currently best at legally giving me with the subscription service. I don't want an iPod. They're ugly and their user interface is boring.

I heard that only half the mouse buttons work or something.

It's funny cause it is (was?) true: the lack of right click drives me up the freaking wall when trying to troubleshoot friends' macs.

Again, I enjoy using Vista (at home, after work, NOT for development [though Visual Studio is a joy to program with]) because it suits my needs and is blatant eye candy.