New Windows Name

S1nF1xx said:
I hated Whistler. Yuck. XP was a pretty cliche generic name, but Vista?...omg

"I'm having trouble networking Windows Vista."

That just sounds lame.

What's the next name going to be? Windows Scenery?


Ugh.
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Yeah, but the entire idea is that you shouldn't HAVE trouble 'networking' Windows Vista.

The correct problem a user might report is:

"I'm having trouble implementing our re-envisioned company's image using Windows Vista"

Which sounds fine.

I mean, how would it sound:

"I'm having trouble implementing our re-envisioned company's image using Microsoft Windows 2006 Professional SP2"?

Heck, a guy whose responsibility it was to "reinvision images" could likely not even GET that sentence out!

But, more seriously, it really is supposed to be an OS more about getting things DONE with a computer rather than being concerned with HOW TO DO THEM. So, a non-tech sounding name fits well enough. Similar to the Mac OS X brands, actually.

Anyway, a coworker did have a valid point.

HOW THE F@* did MS manage to trademark 'Vista'?! OMG!
 
Yeah i remember hearing that when it first came out, but i still don't fully understand how the XP was supposed to convey that
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Never played RPGs I guess...
 
Vista? Is that the mexican version? :rolleyes:

Even Windows "ME" was better than "Vista" :rolleyes:
 
Vista:
n.
1. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees.

2. An avenue or other passage affording such a view.

3. An awareness of a range of time, events, or subjects; a broad mental view: “the deep and sweeping vistas these pioneering critics opened up” (Arthur C. Danto).

4. Retarded name for an operating system.

[Italian, from feminine past participle of vedere, to see, from Latin vidre. See weid- in Indo-European Roots.]
 
I like it, but Microsoft Windows Vista doesn't flow off the tongue, neither does Windows Vista. I think MS should get around to dropping the whole "Windows" as Vista just sounds cooler. People without computer knowledge would probably feel insecure at that point though because of the lack there of the Windows name. :)
 
Cyb3|2 $|!c3 said:
longhorn is a much better name than vista. vista is so vague and not-computer sounding
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And a type of cow is somehow more appropriate? ;)
 
will the "hibernation mode" be replaced by a "siesta mode"? :D


I agree, longhorn is a cooler name, vista sounds like a cheap economy car.
 
thehooligan said:
I agree, longhorn is a cooler name, vista sounds like a cheap economy car.
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Hmm, new Ad slogan: "Vista, the K-car for the new millenium."
 
Cardboard Hammer said:
I've heard that when it crashes, the message on the blue screen reads "Hasta la vista, baby."
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someone beat me to the hasta la vista joke. damnit. well a lot of geeks will be saying it if they put in all that DRM crap.
 
Do you think someone should email Microsoft telling them their new name was under par?
 
Vista eh ? I think a better name for it would be Windows Lockdown.
or prehaps, Windows LE ...(lockdown edition)

new slogan,
We will make you bend to our will !

Ding ding ! next stop linuxville ...
 
Grabbed from News.com about people's reactions to the new name. One of the posters got it right on the head....: VISTA stands for "the top five Windows problems: viruses, infections, spyware, trojans and adware," :eek: :D

Mike
 
mzs_biteme said:
Grabbed from News.com about people's reactions to the new name. One of the posters got it right on the head....: VISTA stands for "the top five Windows problems: viruses, infections, spyware, trojans and adware," :eek: :D

Mike
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Nice, I like that one!!! :D :D
 
Personally I wouldve preferred "Windows Huzzah!" with a medieval guy and an ax or something across the Windows logo.
 
mzs_biteme said:
Grabbed from News.com about people's reactions to the new name. One of the posters got it right on the head....: VISTA stands for "the top five Windows problems: viruses, infections, spyware, trojans and adware," :eek: :D

Mike
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OMG that is HILARIOUS! :D

I'm even a product of the machine and I find that funny. lol.
 
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