Windows ‘Mojave’ Video Posts

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GunnerL — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:55:01 GMT

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TheEyes — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:33:52 GMT

i just wanted to add my lil say in the matter, im not here to burn vista or any other os (to much) im just gonna share my experiance so ill make it simple...maybe

lets start with my vista experiance, i started off with vista upgrades to xp to get it to look and have some features of vista, i dug it and it prob added to the hype, i later got ahold of the rtm iso and installed it on my dell optiplex gx-50 with 1.10GHz 384RAM 20GBHD and 128MBVRAM (nvidia, no shader) and it installed fine and ran quite well but there were alot of things i found confusing like user options and control panel etc etc, gadgets were useless since i dont like clutter, i couldnt run any of my games but i could host them with my server software, media center was nice also, i didnt experiance any sudden slow downs or crashes and the eye candy is really what sucked me in honestly. im sure this has changed quite abit from the rtm but im not going to try it because if i want vista i can put it into xp (which i already have). from my point of view and everyone i know xp is the main choice and will always be. my gf uses vista and hates it to be honest, my grandfather uses xp and dredding an upgrade to such an os he has mentioned not even using windows anymore and moving to ubuntu. i also have a friend who uses osx and regrets ever buying one because they finally went to intel after she bought it and personally i always felt that it was an os for yuppies. now i thought vista was fair but its just not gonna be the os everyone is hoping, my advice is pay more attention to the next windows "w/e" but im not a trolling fanboy or some super professional im just a video game dev. I run ubuntu with windows vistaxp and osx for iphone development in vm, runs fine i get all the eye candy i want i have all the drivers i need and i know how to run any program i want on it, despite what some may say ubuntu can out perform for those who have the savvy, so i wouldnt recommend it to a yuppie or dummmie user....really thoe vista isnt there its just another fancy glass and gem coverd cod piece.

i cant say for sure what exactly is needed in os so lost in its own ego that it needs to do somthing like this and have ads with jerry seinfeld to compete with the comediac but very wrong mac commercials. people are foggy now adays we dont know what we want anymore cause were to over loaded with all of this hype, just get back to the basics please.

meh im done ....that was slightly entertaining....i guess.... burn on fanboys...burn on

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UnitG2 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:59:09 GMT

I was unable to live with Vista on my Dell laptop (that came with Vista) for the longest time because of almost daily BSOD's with stock everything. Some recent BIOS updates from Dell seem to have fixed it.

Now, its really smooth and I am even trying it out on a hybrid hard drive which is an amazing experience. But if I hadnt been able to easily move back to XP during that time I would have been really angry because it was a joke.

Overall, what we lost really was the Windows ability to run on pretty much anything- its a real crap shoot. Some people never have a hint of a problem, some people getting completely frustrated. The lessons to be learned by the rollout of XP completely lost to MS. Some have mentioned MS Bob and Me. But I remember Exchange (a product they wouldnt even use themselves for years) and other rollouts by MS. This is what MS does to people over and over- make them the testers and overcharge them for the privilege. No wonder people are angry.

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Klasanov — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:14:25 GMT

I am sorry Brandon, but you are wrong.

Check out his second post. Specifically, lines 11 (where he calls him a scrub) and 16 (where he calls him a droid).

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pjdarling12 — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:22:12 GMT

I had XP and tried Vista. I found no advantages over XP. I did find some issues that did not please me. Such as, no driver for my fairly late model HP printer. So, I went back to XP.

Then along came the "Mojave Experiment" TV ads. So, I checked out the website to find out where I had gone wrong. I was thoroughly disappointed to find nothing but advertising and meaningless testimonials. I mean would you publish a testimonial where someone said,"This is a piece of junk"?

Thanks for the Vista, but I'll stick with my XP as long as his highness supports it.

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ieatpoi — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:46:00 GMT

Winblad,

I think that's exactly the direction Microsoft is currently taking. The extras program has been pretty much shutdown. Nobody is really hyping anything about a future SP. No new features are being promoted. The Bill and Jerry ads are focusing on the future - something completely different. They aren't even showing the Vista logo anymore.

I'm not seeing anyone hype Vista anymore. For some people it works great, but for others - there's just been too many issues and I think Microsoft is ahsamed of those and is trying to sweep it under the rug and start again. Of course they can't come right out an say that until they have something to replace it with which they do not currently have. So, that's the situation we're all it.

I'm not saying Vista doesn't work for many people. After 2 years of updates, it's become pretty reasonable at this point on the current hardware, but so many people were burned that I think the dmage is irrepairable at this point and Microsoft realizes that too. They just can't say it publicly.

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Winblad — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:52:04 GMT

I just had to add that I've been working on computers since the 70's (yeah, no HDD, just a floppy and monocolor screen), and bought new an Apple II+ for way too much money.

I have taken Vista off every computer I touch, and will not ever touch a Vista computer again. It is far worse than anything released by MS. Yes, it's an even bigger debacle than MS "Bob" (anyone remember that?).

Come one, MS, admit it's bad and send it to the same bin that Windows ME went to. Just make sure to empty that recycle bin!

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Winblad — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:44:57 GMT

This is hilariously insane and ridiculous! What, take a bunch of computer neophytes, show them something they've never seen before. It's a great version of lipstick on a pig, but it's still lipstick on a pig.

I have used Vista, and hate it more than any operating system ever used. I’ve been around since the DOS days, saw Windows come onto the scene (a friend of mine helped write the MS code for IBM in 1974), remember 3.1, 3.11, etc.

Let’s face it, for anyone who has been around computers for more than a decade or two, Apple computers have historically performed better on memory utilization and releasing (after apps closed). Now, Vista takes PC computers even further away from the memory performance of Macs. Isn't that the wrong direction, MS?

This stupid exercise in futility, trying to woo the average user back to embracing Vista is idiotic. Give people a chance to really use it, see it crash, experience the incompatibility problems. I would rather stop using computers than use Vista. I would rather use a 386 running Windows 3.1 (or Win 3.11 if networked). It's really that bad.

Microsoft needs a primer... XP = good OS; Vista = BAD OS. Bad, Vista, Bad. See Vista crash. Crash, Vista, crash.

I guarantee that any XP machine will perform better with 2Gb of RAM than any amount of excess RAM in a Vista machine (that it still won’t recognize and fully utilize). Congratulations Microsoft, your Vista OS has turned more people to Apple than anything you’ve ever released previously.

I suppose it’s a good thing MS invested in Apple!

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flyingpenguin62 — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:28:29 GMT

My laptop is a Gateway MT3705, 1.6 ghz dual core CPU, with 1gb of ram and an ATI Radeon 200M video card, and Vista Home Premium. The first problem: almost none of the programs I brought over from my old laptop (IBM Thinkpad T22, PIII 1 ghz, 512mb RAM, 20gb HDD, XP SP2 ) will work without somehow failing the entire system. For example, X-Plane (and all included programs) refuses to work, despite XP SP2 compatibilty settings, and the program's system req. label listing Vista as a supported OS. Also, with some new games I bought, my laptop will experience problems ranging from choppy graphics, to a loss of response from certain peripherals. Only one of the four programs is not Vista certified.

My second problem is exactly what everyone else is saying; poor loading time for Windows itself, and simple applications like Firefox, Media Center/Player, and even solitaire take a rediculously long time to load.

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Mahoney — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:48:52 GMT

First a little back ground, I had my first PC in 1986 (Franklin PC8000), and have been an avid pc user since, I currently work for a major tier 4 data center, and am an avid gamer.

I'll start by saying that it is about time something like this has happened. I saw the Mojave experiment this evening, and completely "lol'd". I am by no means a Microsoft "fanboi". If I had the patience I would use Linux, but only because I work closely with both Microsoft and Linux products on a daily basis.

The responses in the videos are highly typical, and I have even had the same responses from friends who refuse to use Vista. Mostly because of rumors they have heard or videos on YouTube that they have seen. I have seen videos on YouTube as well of OSX having issues, and being a gamer, have seen all to well the issues with gaming and OSX.

I hate how inexperienced and ignorant (meaning have never used vista) users constantly bash Vista and Microsoft. Yes, there are negative sides to Microsoft, but that's big business, you don't think that Apple/Mac doesn't have it's issues?

I've been using Vista Ultimate x64 since the day it was made available in stores, I have only had 2 BSOD and 1 freeze/hangup, and it was from user error - I overclocked my processor and was adjusting voltages, this would happen on any pc, no matter what OS you are using. Since then, my computer has ran faster, and run demanding pc games easier and effortlessly than with any previous operating system I've used, and I've been using Windows since it was first delivered on a pc. At my job, we use Vista Business on our pc's. If Vista wasn't reliable, we could cause harm to thousands of computers, and would definately make it impossible to do our job, again I work in a data center.

A trend I'm seeing is people putting programs and antivirus and spam checker and other random miscellenous programs on their pc's, and even overloading them. Your PC is restricted by its internal components. If you have 1GB of memory and are running enough applications to tax a 2GB system, you will get hangups and freezes. If you run so many process and leave so many users signed in at one time, your processor will get taxed to the point of overheating. If you don't keep your pc clean, your pc will overheat, and internal components, not the OS, will be taxed beyond its limits. This applies to every single pre-manufactured PC, from Macs to Dells to HP's, with every OS mentionable.

Most of the people posting negative things in the comments above, are just mentioning mostly opinions, or have not even tried to resolve their issue with their pc with Vista on it. They get a hang up and just say "Oh well that's just Vista" and it's just not true. Personally I believe Windows 98 was the worst version ever. I had reboots, hangups, and error messages hourly. Drivers would reset or not load properly. Talk about a headache.

Again, I'm just glad it's made public that there are people out there who have never touched, seen, or used Vista, and just go on a few users issues. Most of those issues are from people that would have identical issues on any OS.

I'm still annoyed that Mac/Apple makes it look like their PC's are better than every other PC, the only thing different is the OS. And it's not that splended. It's just pretty and dumbed down for the typical user who does nothing more than save photos and browse the internet. Way to explore horizons in the IT realm.

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Brandon LeBlanc — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:43:57 GMT

Klasanov, John never resorted to calling other commenters names. As I said previously: petty name calling, such as calling other commenters here "losers" won't be tolerated.

Thanks,

Brandon

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Klasanov — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:29:34 GMT

Hey Brandon, the person you really should be telling to be polite is John, not Chickym

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WhyblockLoBi — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:14:39 GMT

ps when i said you along with the pr peaple I meant MS not you personally sorry but i get a bit worked up about immorall corporate practices.

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Brandon LeBlanc — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:56:02 GMT

michelleespinoza, I'd love to hear more about your problems running 64-bit. I run 64-bit Windows Vista as my main desktop PC and had very little problems with it. What sorts of incompatibilities have you ran into? Is the PC a PC you put together yourself or one you bought from someone like HP or Dell?

WhyblockLoBi, no need for thanks. Keep sharing your opinion. That's why we have a blog :-) All I ask is that people keep things constructive and respectful.

Thanks,

Brandon

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michelleespinoza — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:48:20 GMT

I use Vista Home Premium- 32-bit on my laptops and 64-bit on my desktops (4 computers). I use OSX at work (I can't stand OSX)...... Vista is great- I don't know why everyone complains.

I just got through upgrading my tablet pc from XP to Vista Home Premium-- and the difference is like night and day. The tablet features in Vista are way better, they respond better...the system as a whole is no faster/slower than my XP systems.

I'll admit that I've had a LOT of problems with the 64-bit system (hangs, errors, incompatibility), but I'm willing to ride the storm with MSFT until those kinks are worked out.

My 32-bit Vista systems are great. I don't have any problems with compability. In fact, most of my printers and other peripherals installed without having to use the software. Vista comes preloaded with THOUSANDS more drivers than XP had.