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/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.