Comments on: 7 is Vista, 7 is the Mojave Experiment. http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/2009/07/14/7-is-vista-7-is-the-mojave-experiment photographer, student, microsoft lover Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:18:57 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ticky http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/2009/07/14/7-is-vista-7-is-the-mojave-experiment/comment-page-1#comment-116 Ticky Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:54:23 +0000 http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/?p=43#comment-116 Vista was alright. As at SP1 it was a stable, usable operating system. Its teething problems at launch paved the way for Windows 7 to seem perfect by comparison at its own launch. The problem with Vista was the interface was still only halfway through being turned into the concept that Aero envisioned. Half of the control panel was updated, but half was left in the old style we'd had since '95 (Which bugged me no end). There were (admittedly minor, but collectively annoying) glitches all over Explorer and other applications, and plenty of other silly little interface decisions that Microsoft have rectified with Windows 7 (Having to wait for your startup sound to play before getting a login screen, anyone?). There was never anything inherently wrong with Vista as an OS. It was let down by blind driver developers ignoring it in favour of sticking with XP. Vista was alright. As at SP1 it was a stable, usable operating system.

Its teething problems at launch paved the way for Windows 7 to seem perfect by comparison at its own launch.

The problem with Vista was the interface was still only halfway through being turned into the concept that Aero envisioned. Half of the control panel was updated, but half was left in the old style we’d had since ’95 (Which bugged me no end). There were (admittedly minor, but collectively annoying) glitches all over Explorer and other applications, and plenty of other silly little interface decisions that Microsoft have rectified with Windows 7 (Having to wait for your startup sound to play before getting a login screen, anyone?).

There was never anything inherently wrong with Vista as an OS. It was let down by blind driver developers ignoring it in favour of sticking with XP.

]]> By: Sam http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/2009/07/14/7-is-vista-7-is-the-mojave-experiment/comment-page-1#comment-8 Sam Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:02:40 +0000 http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/?p=43#comment-8 Mojave was secretly OS X skinned like Vista, because Vi$ta SUX!!!11 Mojave was secretly OS X skinned like Vista, because Vi$ta SUX!!!11

]]> By: pandya http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/2009/07/14/7-is-vista-7-is-the-mojave-experiment/comment-page-1#comment-7 pandya Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:17:55 +0000 http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/?p=43#comment-7 Thanks Jakg. Pengu - you make a convincing argument for the benefits of censorship. Thanks Jakg. Pengu – you make a convincing argument for the benefits of censorship.

]]> By: Pengu http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/2009/07/14/7-is-vista-7-is-the-mojave-experiment/comment-page-1#comment-6 Pengu Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:14:44 +0000 http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/?p=43#comment-6 Linux is bettar morans Linux is bettar morans

]]> By: Jakg http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/2009/07/14/7-is-vista-7-is-the-mojave-experiment/comment-page-1#comment-5 Jakg Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:00:27 +0000 http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/?p=43#comment-5 Just to point out - 7 RC uses the kernel code of 6.1 because some (incredibly shortsighted) developers have based applications installing or running on the kernel code - if the kernel is not within a certain range the OS must be unsupported so it won't install. To get around this it's been called 6.1 until release when hopefully said devs will have realised how monumentally stupid that decision was. All I can add to the overall topic is a big +1. You've echoed what I thought for a time working with "the ordinary and uninformed computer users" much more eloquently than I could! Just to point out – 7 RC uses the kernel code of 6.1 because some (incredibly shortsighted) developers have based applications installing or running on the kernel code – if the kernel is not within a certain range the OS must be unsupported so it won’t install.

To get around this it’s been called 6.1 until release when hopefully said devs will have realised how monumentally stupid that decision was.

All I can add to the overall topic is a big +1. You’ve echoed what I thought for a time working with “the ordinary and uninformed computer users” much more eloquently than I could!

]]> By: pandya http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/2009/07/14/7-is-vista-7-is-the-mojave-experiment/comment-page-1#comment-4 pandya Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:59:23 +0000 http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/?p=43#comment-4 sigh :P sigh :P

]]> By: Alex http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/2009/07/14/7-is-vista-7-is-the-mojave-experiment/comment-page-1#comment-3 Alex Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:51:36 +0000 http://www.andrew-stockdale.co.uk/?p=43#comment-3 nah-uh, vista sux. nah-uh, vista sux.

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