Comments on: What the “Mojave Experiment” teaches us http://tektodo.com/2008/08/08/what-the-mojave-experiment-teaches-us/ Talking about technology Sun, 01 May 2011 08:38:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kyle http://tektodo.com/2008/08/08/what-the-mojave-experiment-teaches-us/#comment-389 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:41:12 +0000 http://tektodo.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-389 I appreciate getting feedback on my articles, however, strong that feedback may be. I think John may have missed what I was going for with the article. I was not trying to applaud Microsoft for its Mojave campaign, nor was I trying to suggest Windows Vista is the perfect operating system, but rather, I was trying to describe the effects that the media and word of mouth have on the public and the importance of experiencing a product first-hand. Windows Vista could be the best operating system in the world or the worst operating system in the world, but until people judge it for themselves, they won’t know.

I liked John’s restaurant analogy, as it helps me get my point across. You may hear bad things about a restaurant, but maybe once you try it you find it isn’t that bad. That’s all I was trying to say, that people should at least try something (and as I mentioned in the article, I’m not just referring to Vista, but products in general) before they make judgments on it.

Everyone has their opinions of Vista and, as I stated in my article, I respect those opinions. While I don’t mind Vista, it’s not that I’m trying to defend it or the Mojave Experiment (which I feel is flawed in several ways); in fact, I much prefer using my Mac over my Vista PC. The main thing I was trying to get across was that before people form those opinions, they should have something to base them off of. I understand people are having problems with Vista, however, I also know of several people who have had no problems with it. Just like with a restaurant, people have different tastes, some may find that Vista whets their appetite while others are left with heartburn.

Once again, I appreciate the comment and the points it brought up, but just wanted to take the chance to reiterate what I was trying to get across in the article.

]]> By: John http://tektodo.com/2008/08/08/what-the-mojave-experiment-teaches-us/#comment-387 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:25:31 +0000 http://tektodo.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-387 Kyle, Kyle… given that you’ve only had 1 digg and no comments, all I can say is that you are unimportant. I however decided to post a comment. Be aware, this is a one time only visit, I dropped here from Google while searching for “mojave experiment bullshit”. Do you realize you don’t know what you’re talking about? I fix computers for a living and I get more support calls than anything else. All of the people who upgraded their computers (bought new ones) and have Vista are asking me where to find that and that and that. They all complain that it’s not as easy as XP. The point is… you fail to recognize in your immense, wise exploration of the good side of Mojave that people only SEE the damn features, they are not USING them. There’s a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE difference. Mind me, a colossal one! I can show my grandpa what the iPhone can do and he’ll say “WHOAH! I’m going to buy one tomorow”. A day later he will return it because it actually isn’t all that easy when it comes to USING the product which he loved so much some hours earlier.

So please, stop trying to be different from all others and be true to the facts: Vista is under no flavor or circumstance a decent operating system. It’s a pain in the *ss to most users and I’d say that is user unfriendly; wouldn’t you?

When was the last time your grandma managed to install office 2007 and set up Outlook with Earthlink on her own?

Oh, since you are talking about gullible people … you are one of them. The ratings that operating systems get online (especially on their mother website) are biased. Anyone who is hosting an operating system rating system is clearly after something else other than honesty – um, I don’t know… money? An operating system is like a restaurant – people will come if it’s a good one. Leave a bad taste in one’s mouth and your restaurant closes down – slowly. Try to look at this whole thing as a marketing strategy too, if you will, because that’s what it is. And you will understand that Mojave and Microsoft mean the same thing: rip off. All they care about is money. Have you ever called Microsoft when your XP wouldn’t activate? I’d recommend doing that and then tell me it’s worth paying the price for Windows.

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