On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 4:55 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > > On 8/6/2024 2:31 PM, maddox--- via cctalk wrote: > > On 01.08.2024 16:28, Royce Taft via cctalk wrote: > >> Wasn’t Vista “Mojave”? > > > > As others noted, "Mojave" was the name of a MacOS release. There was, > > however, an ad campaign that Microsoft ran in an attempt to counter the > > bad press that Windows Vista was getting at the time of its launch. In > > it, they showed folks who had been invited to try out a new future > > version of Windows in development called "Windows Mojave". After they > > had seen a demo and made positive comments about it, it was then > > revealed that "Windows Mojave" was actually Vista. > > > > I keep seeing all these bad comments about Vista. Just what was > supposed to be wrong with it? I ran it for more than a decade > and only stopped when MS deliberately broke it with the final > update. It was a hell of a lot better than the crap that followed > it. > > bill > As others said; it was slower, bloated -Windows 7 felt like a vast improvement performance wise. That said, if you had it on a new (at the time) computer with appropriate drivers it was a pretty alright OS. In my opinion I like the look of it better than I liked 7 -even though I ran 7 for a lot longer.
