Comments on: Mojave Experiment – My Thoughts and consumer perceptions http://andyparkes.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/ Professional Geek Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: iPhone advert dropped « Andys Techie Blog http://andyparkes.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-536 iPhone advert dropped « Andys Techie Blog Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:37:00 +0000 http://parkesy.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/#comment-536 [...] I previously mentioned how this irritated me as 3G isn’t the fastest mobile speed available which the advert may lead you to believe so i’m quite pleased the advert has been dropped [...]

[...] I previously mentioned how this irritated me as 3G isn’t the fastest mobile speed available which the advert may lead you to believe so i’m quite pleased the advert has been dropped [...]

]]> By: iPhone advert dropped http://andyparkes.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-535 iPhone advert dropped Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:35:18 +0000 http://parkesy.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/#comment-535 [...] I previously mentioned how this irritated me as 3G isn’t the fastest mobile speed available which the advert may lead you to believe so i’m quite pleased the advert has been dropped [...]

[...] I previously mentioned how this irritated me as 3G isn’t the fastest mobile speed available which the advert may lead you to believe so i’m quite pleased the advert has been dropped [...]

]]> By: Richard Tubb http://andyparkes.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Richard Tubb Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:28:33 +0000 http://parkesy.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/#comment-490 Yes - in answer to yours and Vlad's impending ridicule... I fixed my Vista problems... ... by moving to Windows XP SP3. I, like the majority of my clients, need business applications to just "work". I was spending more time troubleshooting my Vista laptop than I was actually doing work. In effect, Vista was getting in my way of doing things. So yes, I could (and possibly should) have persevered with Vista to tweak it for my uses - but frankly, it was quicker to wipe it, put XP SP3 on and then get on with the real job at hand - doing business and making money. Yes – in answer to yours and Vlad’s impending ridicule…

I fixed my Vista problems…

… by moving to Windows XP SP3.

I, like the majority of my clients, need business applications to just “work”. I was spending more time troubleshooting my Vista laptop than I was actually doing work. In effect, Vista was getting in my way of doing things.

So yes, I could (and possibly should) have persevered with Vista to tweak it for my uses – but frankly, it was quicker to wipe it, put XP SP3 on and then get on with the real job at hand – doing business and making money.

]]> By: andyparkes http://andyparkes.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-489 andyparkes Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:33:58 +0000 http://parkesy.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/#comment-489 Rich, What did you do with that Vista laptop? Did you give up on it? Rich,

What did you do with that Vista laptop? Did you give up on it?

]]> By: andyparkes http://andyparkes.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-487 andyparkes Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:32:58 +0000 http://parkesy.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/#comment-487 @Vlad: Wouldn't it be great if we could get a big shot at Microsoft (maybe Steve Ballmer?) to stand on stage and field questions about Vista but he has to be 100% honest Joe Public 1: Why doesn't my no-brand scanner that i got in 1997 work with Vista? Steve B: Because this is 2008, buy a new scanner Joe Public 2: My pirate copy of Office 95 doesn't work with Vista..why is that? Steve B: Security!! Take him away I really need to get some air-con for the office..... @Vlad: Wouldn’t it be great if we could get a big shot at Microsoft (maybe Steve Ballmer?) to stand on stage and field questions about Vista but he has to be 100% honest

Joe Public 1: Why doesn’t my no-brand scanner that i got in 1997 work with Vista?

Steve B: Because this is 2008, buy a new scanner

Joe Public 2: My pirate copy of Office 95 doesn’t work with Vista..why is that?

Steve B: Security!! Take him away

I really need to get some air-con for the office…..

]]> By: Vlad Mazek http://andyparkes.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Vlad Mazek Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:15:40 +0000 http://parkesy.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/#comment-486 The reason they can't make it a marketing pitch is because people respond negatively to being told that they have been "ignorant morons all along" The reason they can’t make it a marketing pitch is because people respond negatively to being told that they have been “ignorant morons all along”

]]> By: Richard Tubb http://andyparkes.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Richard Tubb Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:55:36 +0000 http://parkesy.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/mojave-experiment-my-thoughts-and-consumer-perceptions/#comment-488 Sorry - but when can I get Mojave again?!? ;-) Sorry – but when can I get Mojave again?!?
;-)

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