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Microsoft aims to dispel Vista myths
Ben Furfie Jul 29 2008, 11:22am
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Firm set to release results of experiment after it showed 120 people 'next-gen' OS
Microsoft has conducted an experiment aimed at shattering what it claims are false perceptions of Vista, exacerbated by lies from the competition and comments from people which it suggests have never used the operating system before, yet spread rumours.
In a move more reminiscent of popular MTV television program Punk'd, Microsoft will release details of its experiment later today which saw the firm put 120 users of various operating systems including Linux, Mac, Windows XP and Windows 2000 and told them – via a computer salesperson – that they were being demonstrated the next generation of Windows – Mojave.
What Microsoft didn't tell them is that what they were actually using was Windows Vista, in an attempt to shatter some of the myths surrounding the operating system. Microsoft is hopeful that the results will show that many of the misconceptions around Vista are just that: wrong.
Source: Engadget
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“Blind leading the blind”
Posted by: Todd - Jul 29, 1:47pm
Windows "Mojave"!!! WHat!?!?! So you re-badge Vista to fool people inot thinking "...maybe Vista ain't that bad!". Not the issue!!! What they should have done is given these poeple "Mojave" and said "...go home, install it on your machine, with your hardware, and use it the way YOU work..." If it looks like it, smells like it, and tastes like it....call it what it is!!!! Vista (or Mojave...whatever) is STILL to expensive, not compatible with my current hardware, not compatible my my current peripheral's, won't run most of my software and 70% of my games!! Yup....it's crap!!!
“Re: Blind leading the blind”
Posted by: Eddie - Jul 29, 2:54pm
...and all that outrage before you've even seen the results of the tests. A case in point I feel.
“Re: Re: Blind leading the blind”
Posted by: John T. - Jul 29, 3:29pm
The real problem with Vista is not the price as such, most decently robust operating systems are much more expensive. The real problem is that Vista is bloatware. Microsoft appears to have been artificially creating a need for extreme performance on the desktop, each new version adds 'features' that allegedly improve the usability over the previous experience, but demands double the capacity to support it. Twice the RAM, twice the CPU, twice the diskspace...
Being long in the tooth, I remember being one of 50+ users getting rapid response from a server with 2Mb RAM and a 1Mhz CPU. Now, I get *slower* response from a Vista PC with 1000 times the memory, 2000 times the CPU speed, and only ONE user!. I really cannot believe that it takes 2 million times the performance of that old server to support a 'pretty' user interface...
By contrast, I have Ubuntu Linux on a old 256Mb/500Mhz PC, and it is more than merely adequate for most email/browsing/office tasks. It will not run any of the PC games in vogue these days, but so what? It does everything that matters to most people, and for FREE...!
“Re: Re: Blind leading the blind”
Posted by: Some Guy - Jul 29, 3:51pm
I purchased Vista not long after it was released, i also work in IT Sales, and i think its excellent, yes there were a few problems, but dont all OS's have teething problems when they are released. Nearly all of my existing hardware worked with it, the stuff i used anyway, like my OLD Mustek Scanner and my OLD Q-Tec Webcam, it found the drivers for them online itself and didnt need me to do anything, i was very impressed. So i dont see what the problem is with it. Maybe these people just need teaching how to use a PC....!
“Re: Re: Re: Blind leading the blind”
Posted by: Garry Stonehouse - Jul 31, 12:39am
Isn't the whole point of Vista to increase sales. Microsoft isn't going to sell XP to those who already have it, but they can sell Vista to them.
And as a retailer, I can sell new hardware easier with Vista than I can sell a new PC with the same old XP on it. It's all about sales, and it works forthe retailer as much as it does for Microsoft.