http://www.vladville.com/2008/07/mojave-grumbling.html Vlad Mazek on IT, Business and Technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.vladville.com/2008/07/mojave-grumbling.html/comment-page-1#comment-35673 The Schlog » Blog Archive » Mojave Experiment = Pepsi Challenge Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:26:52 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2008/07/mojave-grumbling.html#comment-35673 [...] of the bloggers who’ve been impressed with the Mojave Experiment (this means you and you and you and you, among others). Because here’s the thing about the Pepsi Challenge. Although the [...] [...] of the bloggers who’ve been impressed with the Mojave Experiment (this means you and you and you and you, among others). Because here’s the thing about the Pepsi Challenge. Although the [...]

]]> http://www.vladville.com/2008/07/mojave-grumbling.html/comment-page-1#comment-35631 Niko Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:06:53 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/2008/07/mojave-grumbling.html#comment-35631 When Vista was released MS didn't do enough to ensure that OEMs had implemented it efficiently. Sony laptops were particularly bad (all that club VAIO stuff and Office 2003 trials). Dells with preinstalled Office 2007 are still a nightmare - eventhough it's a Dell created Outlook 2007 issue it's still perceived as a Vista problem. A fresh install of Vista SP1 is the best way to ensure Vista is at its best but that costs time so it's simpler to order Vista PCs downgraded to XP. XP flies on new PCs and with the right managed network security it's as safe as Vista. The other central issue is education on the part of IT people. Many haven't bothered to learn about all the under-the-hood stuff of Vista. There's a lot there and it's not immediately apparent what benefit customers will get from Vista vs XP. I've fallen foul of most of Vista's shortcomings but I still use it. I like Vista. But because of that experience I don't want to give it to my clients. The sad thing is that what I like most about Vista is Media Centre in the Ultimate Edition. The computer users we support don't care about the OS, many don't even know what it's called. They just want it to work. So we give the customer what they want. When Vista was released MS didn’t do enough to ensure that OEMs had implemented it efficiently. Sony laptops were particularly bad (all that club VAIO stuff and Office 2003 trials). Dells with preinstalled Office 2007 are still a nightmare – eventhough it’s a Dell created Outlook 2007 issue it’s still perceived as a Vista problem. A fresh install of Vista SP1 is the best way to ensure Vista is at its best but that costs time so it’s simpler to order Vista PCs downgraded to XP.
XP flies on new PCs and with the right managed network security it’s as safe as Vista.
The other central issue is education on the part of IT people. Many haven’t bothered to learn about all the under-the-hood stuff of Vista. There’s a lot there and it’s not immediately apparent what benefit customers will get from Vista vs XP.
I’ve fallen foul of most of Vista’s shortcomings but I still use it. I like Vista. But because of that experience I don’t want to give it to my clients. The sad thing is that what I like most about Vista is Media Centre in the Ultimate Edition.
The computer users we support don’t care about the OS, many don’t even know what it’s called. They just want it to work. So we give the customer what they want.

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