iHotel PC's are running Vista???

[kxrider85]

Not many people seemed to notice this, but the iHotel computers from Linus' latest video seem to be running Windows Vista.

 

Isn't that the strangest thing you have ever seen lmao...? I'm surprised Linus didn't touch on it a single time that whole video.

 

I can understand maybe wanting to run Windows 7 or 8, but WHY vista of all operating systems?

[Crunchy Dragon]

Some places just can't afford huge system upgrades like that.

 

My local library was running Vista for freaking ever and just in the last couple years made the jump to 7.

[kxrider85]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Some places just can't afford huge system upgrades like that.

 

My local library was running Vista for freaking ever and just in the last couple years made the jump to 7.

But they can afford to upgrade to the latest hardware? I understand what you mean. My local school district did not upgrade to windows 7 until well after windows 8 came out, but these are brand new computers running gtx 1080ti's... Not to mention, compared to past windows operating systems, windows 10 is dirt cheap.
 

I suppose they have their reasons. It just seems kind of silly to me. Linus mentioned something about how the boot drives wipe every time the systems are booted. Maybe it has something to do with that?

[manikyath]

10 minutes ago, kxrider85 said:

Not many people seemed to notice this, but the iHotel computers from Linus' latest video seem to be running Windows Vista.

 

Isn't that the strangest thing you have ever seen lmao...? I'm surprised Linus didn't touch on it a single time that whole video.

 

I can understand maybe wanting to run Windows 7 or 8, but WHY vista of all operating systems?

7 had theme options very similar to the look of windows vista.

[TheGlenlivet]

[Paddi01]

Why is Vista so hated? I don't understand.

[Princess Luna]

31 minutes ago, Paddi01 said:

Why is Vista so hated? I don't understand.

It was just really bad at release compared to the much mature Windows XP what led most people to jump/skip it from XP straight to 7.

[AskTJ]

If Vista still works for them, they have no reason to upgrade.

[GoodBytes]

All systems that I see on the video are running Windows 7.

Windows Vista doesn't have the transparent large task bar.

 

[moderategamer]

5 hours ago, kxrider85 said:

Not many people seemed to notice this, but the iHotel computers from Linus' latest video seem to be running Windows Vista.

 

Isn't that the strangest thing you have ever seen lmao...? I'm surprised Linus didn't touch on it a single time that whole video.

 

I can understand maybe wanting to run Windows 7 or 8, but WHY vista of all operating systems?

If it is 7 like GoodBytes says it makes complete sense the only issue I can think of is that some games will only work on 10 but that's a small sacrifice for running a IMO better version of windows. Plus I doubt they wanted there machines being constantly pestered by update notifications, I'd bargain that was a huge contributor for their choice of 7

[aezakmi]

3 hours ago, Paddi01 said:

Why is Vista so hated? I don't understand.

it had tons of problems even with high end hardware at that time, it was just... bad, the way it implemented DX10 was a disaster and most of the games lagged, sometimes the Computer window would just be white and you had to log out and back in or restart explorer.exe in order to make it work

the worst part? it was the only x64 OS at that time (2007) not counting the previous disaster called XP64 of course, you wanted to run crysis? vista. halo 2? vista. modern warfare? vista. PAINFUL, having 7 just 2 years after that was a miracle, vista wasn't even finished when it was released, final vista was kind of a longhorn alpha, crap OS

[Guest]

Software compatability. 100% chance there is something they are running on them that needs Vista for some stupid reason.

I used to work in CNC and we had multi million dollar machines that were running Windows XP on 4th gen mobile i series hardware in the controllers.

The software only worked on XP. So the machines ran XP.

We also had stuff still running DOS and Windows 3.1, some machines ran older versions of SunOS.

 

If it works, its not a problem.

[veli2501]

^ correct.  A lot of businesses use legacy software that will only work correctly on a certain OS.  The original proprietor of the software might not exist anymore or it might not be in the budget to pay for an upgrade.  Custom software for businesses can be very expensive.

[Drak3]

2 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

Windows Vista doesn't have the transparent large task bar.

Yes, it does.

Spoiler

 

2 hours ago, aezakmi said:

tons of problems even with high end hardware at that time

Vista didn't have that many issues with high end hardware, no more than XP, 7, or 8 did. Most issues with Vista were due explicitly to OEMs shipping "new" laptops and desktops running low end XP era hardware that couldn't adequately run Vista. It prompted Microsoft to artificially raise the minimum requirements of Windows.

2 hours ago, aezakmi said:

having 7 just 2 years after that was a miracle, vista wasn't even finished when it was released, final vista was kind of a longhorn alpha, crap OS

Windows 7 is little more than Vista SP2 with a touched up GUI, very minor under the hood tweaks, updated basic drivers, and new built in utilities.

5 hours ago, Paddi01 said:

Why is Vista so hated? I don't understand.

Now, it's literally just a bandwagon thing. Originally, OEMs just recycled low end XP machines by installing Vista on them when they couldn't handle it.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

6 hours ago, Paddi01 said:

Why is Vista so hated? I don't understand.

Because people abandoned ship before Microsoft pretty much fixed everything with Service Pack 2. That, and most early adopters were using machines that would've met the minimum spec for Windows XP. Which did run like poop, even with Windows XP. We're talking like your refurbished eMachines with a single core Celeron and maybe a 1GB of RAM. 

[GTinsider]

Alright, I'm new here, But I did notice that the IHotel PC's weren't running Windows 10. But, with all the talk that everyone is currently doing about these computers running Windows Vista, I want to say that you're wrong. NVidia doesn't support Windows Vista with the 1080 Ti. Windows Vista supports DirectX 11, But that was an Update that was required to be downloaded and installed. Also, Linus mentioned that IHotel's internet was really fast, I'm not saying Windows Vista wouldn't support it, But Google Chrome and Firefox have dropped support for the operating system. Most Antivirus programs (To my knowledge) does not work on Vista, and with their internet speed, and network size, Security is a must. Steam has also stated that it is dropping support for Windows Vista as well. I hope this helps solve the debate.

[GoodBytes]

9 hours ago, Drak3 said:

Yes, it does.

I meant a lot more transparent, not 10% or whatever transparent.

 

9 hours ago, Drak3 said:

Vista didn't have that many issues with high end hardware, no more than XP, 7, or 8 did. Most issues with Vista were due explicitly to OEMs shipping "new" laptops and desktops running low end XP era hardware that couldn't adequately run Vista. It prompted Microsoft to artificially raise the minimum requirements of Windows.

Agree. If you have a powerful gaming system, where you ensured that your motherboard had ONLY the latest technologies, than Vista was running fine. It did have bugs that were never fixed liked deleting a shortcuts might get explorer stuck... and the odd bug here and there (which at the time, was following MS past actions, like XP had tool tips appearing, but behind the window or task bar so you can't see it, and never been fixed since the OS was release) but overall it was fine.

 

Beside OEMs loving to throw 512MB on the system, and a Intel integrated graphics that could not do alpha blending, let alone play a DVD smoothly (DVD is 480p resolution, for the record). It was a joke. Also, after 6 years having XP, many manufactures decided that it would be a great idea to discontinue support for ALL there hardware even those released under a year ago, to replace it with identical latest model but with Vista drivers. HP Printers, Creative Labs sound cards and many others went that route. I am happy to see that this decision was a flop, lead to legal dispute, only to have the companies reverse (but the damage was done, as Vista was in the end of its life, with Windows 7 already in beta stages), and  these companies saw a loss of revenue as most consumers just bought the competitor who didn't do this. Example, ASUS Xonar got popular because of Creative's shit drivers and the story they did with Vista.

 

9 hours ago, Drak3 said:

Windows 7 is little more than Vista SP2 with a touched up GUI, very minor under the hood tweaks, updated basic drivers, and new built in utilities.

Now, it's literally just a bandwagon thing. Originally, OEMs just recycled low end XP machines by installing Vista on them when they couldn't handle it.

Well the big mission of Windows 7 was to polish Vista and have the most consistent interface of all Windows versions, and they did achieve this, with the most panels and built-in programs looking like they belong. Wasn't perfect, but the most consistent. Presentation is everything in a product, and that did help a lot. Of course it brought a slew of new features and price drop, which has really helped pushed the success of the OS. While Vista was a large part recoded from scratch for future technology and security (XP was based on NT 3 kernel, which was 1993 technology... before the mass popularization of the internet which started in ~1995 in US/Canada), for the end user it didn't bring many new features to justify the upgrade, and the bad press didn't help anything.

[Drak3]

3 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

meant a lot more transparent, not 10% or whatever transparent.

Vista could also be that transparent, it just wasn't the default.

[Jbonn386]

I still own my Vista ultimate install disk

[kxrider85]

12 hours ago, GTinsider said:

Alright, I'm new here, But I did notice that the IHotel PC's weren't running Windows 10. But, with all the talk that everyone is currently doing about these computers running Windows Vista, I want to say that you're wrong. NVidia doesn't support Windows Vista with the 1080 Ti. Windows Vista supports DirectX 11, But that was an Update that was required to be downloaded and installed. Also, Linus mentioned that IHotel's internet was really fast, I'm not saying Windows Vista wouldn't support it, But Google Chrome and Firefox have dropped support for the operating system. Most Antivirus programs (To my knowledge) does not work on Vista, and with their internet speed, and network size, Security is a must. Steam has also stated that it is dropping support for Windows Vista as well. I hope this helps solve the debate.

Yeah its more likely Windows 7 with a Vista-like theme

[TheKDub]

17 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

All systems that I see on the video are running Windows 7.

 

Windows Vista doesn't have the transparent large task bar.

 

That's definitely Vista. 7 doesn't have gradient on the task bar with an oversized start orb. Nor does it have the graphic on the side of the control panel. (I used Vista for many years [Only PC we had was running Vista, so I didn't have much choice])

[TetraSky]

So... How can you guys tell it's Vista? The task bar?

Last I checked, the taskbar in Windows 7 was near identical(if not exact same) to the one in Vista when Small Icons was selected in the taskbar settings.

That option was there since Day 1 in Win 7. How do none of you know about it?

Am I just missing a big glaring "this is obviously vista" thing in video here? Because if this is just based on the taskbar, it's a flawed argument.

[GoodBytes]

51 minutes ago, TheKDub said:

That's definitely Vista. 7 doesn't have gradient on the task bar with an oversized start orb. Nor does it have the graphic on the side of the control panel. (I used Vista for many years [Only PC we had was running Vista, so I didn't have much choice])

Picture please of the video where you see this. You can make Win7 taskbar thin with the orb coming out from the taskbar options.

[GoodBytes]

31 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

So... How can you guys tell it's Vista? The task bar?

Last I checked, the taskbar in Windows 7 was near identical(if not exact same) to the one in Vista when Small Icons was selected in the taskbar settings.

That option was there since Day 1 in Win 7. How do none of you know about it?

Am I just missing a big glaring "this is obviously vista" thing in video here? Because if this is just based on the taskbar, it's a flawed argument.

They are many different small element that you can base yourself. I went with the taskbar as it is the easiest to talk about and notice.

[TheKDub]

19 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

Picture please of the video where you see this. You can make Win7 taskbar thin with the orb coming out from the taskbar options.

Spoiler

Spoiler

I was talking about the screenshot you put in the post I quoted. In the video, It's pretty clear it's Windows 7 that their running as it has the box at the right edge of the taskbar to show the desktop.