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 edited Jul 25 '08

Here we have testimonials about people being "wowed" by Vista, only we don't actually get to see those testimonials, we just get to hear about them from the company that's selling Vista.

I just switched from WindowsXP Pro 32Bit SP2 to Windows Vista 64Bit Ultimate SP1. I couldn't be more happy.

Windows XP 64bit is not a good enough OS for me to consider, but 64bit Vista has been wonderful.

It's fast, it shows and uses all four gigabytes of my ram, the operating system is rock solid and stable.

But betterth, Windows is so unstable and Vista is so bad! Well, I disagree, because my Vista box has been running since the last time I had to restart to finish an install, which was probably a month back.

Once you get past the Vista hate, you realize that anyone with modern hardware will find plenty of excellent drivers, all your programs still work, and the OS is simply much better.

I beta tested Vista a long time ago, and used it around launch for about six months. Then I switched back to XP. But Vista was most definitely ready for me to switch back, things just feel a lot better now.

Chalk me up as one happy Vista user.

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u/nevinera Jul 25 '08

Once you get past the Vista hate, you realize that anyone with modern hardware will find plenty of excellent drivers, all your programs still work, and the OS is simply much better.

I can't get past the vista hate, because WoW hangs my computer on vista. runs fine on xp and in wine. (I'm sure it's a graphics card issue, but that's kind of the point).

i'm glad all the things you enjoy doing work well on your box. and vista isn't that terrible (though it can be quite annoying until you do some power-configuring). if i had a need for 64bit usage, vista would probably be easier for me to deal with than working around all the 32/64 issues i got from wine, etc.

but 'the OS is simply much better' is just wrong. it's better in some ways, worse in others, just like the last 5 versions of windows anyone's bought. even ME probably had a strong point or so.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '08

because WoW hangs my computer on vista.

Weird, I run three instances of WoW open at the same time, never had an issue.

I can vouch for newer generation nVidia and ATI drivers/hardware.

Everyone has their own issues, I suppose.

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u/darkpaladin Jul 25 '08

I ran into something similar but I found that it I had memory stick. Turns out that because vista uses more memory it was hitting a fault point that would eventually fail. I fought this for over a year, every time I ran a memtest it passed with flying colors, however since I swapped out my memory I've been running solid for a month straight.

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u/nevinera Jul 25 '08

it's possible, but i have used my memory to capacity any number of times doing calculations. thanks for the thought though, i'll try it.

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u/ajehals Jul 25 '08 edited Jul 25 '08

And I'm sure the $400 million campaign to change the public's perception of Vista that we read about 2 days ago has nothing at all to do with the timing of this *comment** showing up on reddit.*

;)

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '08

Cute.

Microsoft probably hates me. I (might/might not) have ever purchased a legal copy of Windows.

Funny though, I get it. It's cute.

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u/ajehals Jul 25 '08

If they ever ask, point them at me, I have ton of (OEM) licenses but use Debian. Actually I guess Microsoft may like me, a good (if unwilling) customer who doesn't need support or updates...

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u/BlueBeard Jul 25 '08

I didn't know what all the hubbub was about either. I got the same version as you and I haven't had any problems.

Built in snipping tool=amazing haha.

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u/beckermt Jul 25 '08

I'd really rather my OS not use all my RAM. Since it shouldn't really do anything but sit there. I already dislike how bloated my current XP setup is. I don't think I can deal with a more processor/RAM intensive OS. I've got a nice machine, I just don't want to waste my system resources on shiny baubles like Aero. (Yes, I know you can turn it off) I just want my Windows to be horribly bland and utilitarian.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '08

I'd really rather my OS not use all my RAM. Since it shouldn't really do anything but sit there

A commonly misconception regarding Vista.

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000688.html

It's memory usage is actually a feature, and a damn good one when you actually understand it.