Do You Find the Microsoft Mojave Experiment Insulting to Your Intelligence?

NJRich, your question is probably up there with one of the best ever posted. If there was a Hall of Fame in writing questions, you are there, at least in my mind. When my Dell Computer mother board blew after 4 years, I was desperate and needed a working computer like yesterday. Each computer I purchased had Vista SP1. I had problems as far as the eye could see. Platforms had been moved out and not completed. The Media Center still cannot support clear Video or sound. Software applications that worked on XP no problem, had drivers that could not find the Vista platforms because they couldn't get there. Even now 3/4 of the XP applications will either not work or have serious problems with Vista-This a lone is a disaster. Many believe it's possible to correct. Not only was I having problems with my XP applications, but also my devices wouldn't work-another disaster. IE7 is a POS, it takes forever to boot up and shut down.

I was also having trouble moving and transferring folders and deleting them. The applications when they ran were and application when they ran, all ran far slower than they ever did on 2000 or XP. I spend more time trying to tweak, tune and work around problems that incidentally still exist-nothing has changed, that I because so much an expert, people were e-mailing all around the world, literally-and I'm not an IT person. I was spending more time doing that than working on applications which is what I purchased my PC for. My service warranty allowed me to ask Microsoft Vista technical questions for 90 days. But when I called Microsoft, they literally told me that was a job of the manufacturer and they would not help me. Total BS, like HP knows SH*** about Vista. Deliberately not backing up their warranty to save money at my expense,blowing me off-another disaster. Fortunately I purchased a computers from Costco, that had a 90 return policy and life time technical service-those tech guys are awesome and they solved a ton of problems, but even with great service like that, Vista was so bad, I Vista couldn't do it-in order to run Vista, I kept trying computers with stronger hardware-another disaster trying to have Vista determine what computer I wanted to run basic software I knew could run on 10 year old technology still can't run using state of the art hardware with Vista. I looked high and low for an alternative. Anything that I found with a Graphics card Nvadia 8600 or above and strong processor would only be sold with Vista. I ended up returning 3 high powered laptops and was also discovering Manufacturer taking their cut saying they would customize computers, but refusing to put in the proper component to make the system to make it would properly. It was clear computer manufacturers were taking their cuts out of it also and providing substandard computers. MS, never provides valid comparisons between XP and Vista, because they know XP has all the features of Vista.

I refused to buy a computer with Vista and then replace it with XP while looking around for the drivers and decided at that time I needed leave MS-If I was going to start from scratch I may as well replace everything with a company doing everything possible to screw me to the floor. I decided it was either Linux or Apple (even though I never thought I would consider and Apple before).

When I saw the hardware the MacBook Pro had, and that Leopard came with bootcamp that allowed me to use XP, I was sold instantly-no need for buying new applications. I bought it at a perfect time when it was selling for $500 off including 3 years warranty including accidental damage . The computer came out far less that a Laptop PCs with parts that were cheaper and worked like throw aways. The software in Leopard completely took me by surprise, it's good and now, there are applications that are a lot better than those that work with Vista or XP-that is a strong credit to Apple. On a Mac, I also got $200 of additional software that Vista doesn't have and the best of all worlds.

When I see questions on social networks like yours (certainly shorter), I see constant posts from what clearly are Microsoft employees trying on every post to change attitudes-it's sickening. "I've never had problems with Vista since I owned it"- yeah and pig fly right-get real! They give thumbs down to every answer that goes against MS market it's trying to get. One guy even admitted on an answer he made, he was looking at every question regarding Vista, working for MS and monitoring Yahoo answers and "trying to help educate" on Vista. Proof MS employees are assigned to camp out on Yahoo Answers. http://answers.yahoo.com/my/qa/index;_ylt=Ap20OLVA...

Here is what MS claims has changed http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/hel... http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/c/6/3c677...

Nothing! meaningless features. For $20 worth of features and all the inconvenience, not only are you hosed, your $300 poorer.

Every change MS makes to Vista, makes more of a memory hog-now it needs 3 GB RAM-up from 512 MB then 1 GB and 2 GB and just to run the latest Applications-not including Older apps that Vista cannot or barely runs. Vista gives users no reason to upgrade in my opinion. Too many people like me who never though they would be using a Mac, are moving to it. Linux OSs are also increase among the techno savvy. MS has put no effort in improving its product and made every effort to try to put lipstick on a pig. Invading social networks, actually lying about hardware requirements need . The problem everyone has is that you don't even know what problems MS was /is working on and if you cannot convince customers something important to then is being addressed you have revolts and outright hatred from its most dedicated fans like me. For MS & Vista as Linux and Mac sales continue to soar, it looks like the ship has already sailed-no question they are getting pounded in the $1000-$3000 market and among students are expected to lose in 3 years to Apple. MS knows it and are see gimmicks like Mojave mean nothing there if 50% of the users hate Vista. I am completely on board with you. None of my relatives or friends have or will ever use Vista and all new computers purchased are Macs. I don't see that changing as long as I'm a live.

Here's what I think of Mojave, using these two key points as a guide:

Microsoft used computers where they controlled the hardware, start to finish.

Microsoft had trained professionals guiding the users through everything.

To me, Mojave (and therefore Vista) is great, _IF_ you treat it like it's a Mac. If you treat it like Windows and try to install it on whatever you want and use parts from all over, it's god-awful. SP1 has been a huge boost, and it works much better now than it did, but it's still in many ways inferior to XP.

(1) technically you are violating Community Guidelines because this is a rant.

(2) I generally agree with you. Microsoft has always had the attitude The User Is Stupid.

(3) the Mojave nonsense of course ignores a major concept "seeing" something is NOT the same as "using."

Anyway, you realize that this rant here is doing nothing but maybe relieving a bit of your frustration over this situation.

(Wasn't it Ballmer that said a few months back, when challenged about the problems with Vista, that it was a "work in progress"? Hmm. Just confirmed one of my suspicions: Microsoft regards the people who buy their products as unpaid Beta Testers.)

Yes they should take "mojave" home and put it on their existing computer. Then they will complain that some of their programs dont' work and that everything seems to run slower.

yeah but who cares some people are stupid

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it depends how u understand it!!!!!!!!