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Microsoft's "Mojave Experiment" Teaser Site Goes Live
MojoKid writes "Earlier this week, Microsoft was reported to be arranging a kind of 'blind taste test' to get die-hard Windows XP users to try Vista. They were told that they were trying a new OS, called Mojave. The report went on to suggest that users liked the OS, though they were actually running Vista. Now it appears Microsoft has put up a
teaser site, with
plans to show the actual video footage next week. Though the footage should at least have some entertainment
value, it would be a bit of a reach to expect that the test methodologies were
real-world enough such that users had to deal with things like user account
control, driver updates, and broad application compatibility."
I imagine a lot of people do when their box eventually gets hosed
It simply goes to show how little you know about the windows world. No, most people will *never* install the OS themselves. Should their machine become compromised, they will use the recovery CD, which will take care of all this dirty business for them.
And, if you weren't relying solely on second-hand knowledge and the experiences of a few people you know, you'd also know that most users will never re-install the OS period . All windows boxes are not fated to get hosed at some point. And if it does five years away, the user will most likely put it down to his aging hardware and buy a new computer. Are consumer-grade computers even built to last 5 years without experiencing some kind of trouble.
I see that you don't use any windows boxes yourself. That in itself should disqualify you from judging the merits of Vista. But most importantly, it makes me wonder if you would happen to be a linux user. If so, how do you think people would react if they had been given a shiny, new OS that, for instance, does not support Itunes? What about driver support? Can I use any scanner I want in linux? Or this no-name wireless card that works just fine in Vista? But, hey, we're talking Linux here, so it must be the manufacturer's/MS/Apple's fault if all these things don't work.
Why only ten minutes? Did they BSOD after that time?
So over a year later, I got a new desktop machine at work. Athlon 64 3800+, 2Gb RAM, SATA drive. For giggles, I let it boot up into Vista. It was something like 20 to 30 minutes to get to the desktop, since it was a first boot. From there it was still dog slow. I had my Athlon 2400+ with 1Gb RAM running XP sitting beside it, and the performance difference was really sad.
I'm going to call BullShit on this! I loaded vista enterprise on an old Athlon64 3500 with 1GB and SATA drives to see what kind of HTPC I could make out of it. I noticed no abnormal boot time. I didn't time it but it was up by the time I got back from taking a piss. About 2 to 3 minutes. I didn't make an acceptable OS for the htpc because I couldn't find a driver for my remote for it. But during the time that I was messing with it I noticed no sluggishness out of the ordinary.
I don't use vista everyday. My uses need OS with less limits on it, Server 2003/2008 and RedHat Enterprise/Suse, so my exposure to it is limited. But the times that I have been exposed to it I have yet to encounter really any of the problems that people seem to say it has.
I'm thinking there was other reasons that computer was running slow other than vista. There might have been a shit load of crapware that was the problem and not the OS. Manufactures are notorious for sicking that crap on there.
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I have used it on a few different machines. One of those machines was for home use and the user installed XP on it. Another is at work, I recommended that the user get Vista but was ignored. They now want XP installed. The rest are used by people who either don't care what their computer is running, or want to feel like they are using the "latest and greatest" just because they can. I never agree with upgrading just because a new version is out.
Go get your sense of smug superiority elsewhere, please.
which is totally what she said