Microsoft Longhorn OS

[Bluestrike_2]

Have you seen Longhorn? Looks like some of the M$ programmers are on drugs.

Microsoft is expected to recommend that the "average" Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz; a minimum of 2 gigs of RAM; up to a terabyte of storage; a 1 Gbit, built-in, Ethernet-wired port and an 802.11g wireless link; and a graphics processor that runs three times faster than those on the market today.

Might want to add a 34" screen so that you can have room to work on your stuff with that hideous sidebar.

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1581842,00.asp

http://www.winsupersite.com

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/...ro_keynote.asp <-Avalon

Images:







Look, it wants to pin your contacts to a bar!
These don't show that Avalon UI, but still...

I.cant.stop.looking.at.the.big.***.clock

This is *supposed* to be Avalon:

Designed for Toddlers! BIG Buttons.

A little funny. Might have been photoshopped: I think it was.


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Ok, let us discuss this. Note that this is an early build handed out to people at WinHEC 2004. IMHO, I'm glad I jumped ship. Another thing, people say this will be better than OS X, but it won't be, atleast not very likely. If this were to come out in 2006/2007 or even later, that means OS X will have evolved 2-3+ years!!! Long time in the computing world.

Ah, well let's discuss. Note: It COULD change during time, and most likely will.

[Automaggin2]

I dunno. I think longhorn is going to be nice, but i think its gonna be to "user friendly" for some power users like myself. Isnt longhorn strictly 64 bit only?

[Bluestrike_2]

it might be. not too sure on that one.

There are some people that think it will be out in 2005.

Wait, I'm still laughing

Ok, I think I'm done.

My view:

Microsoft is attempting to create their own Mac OS X. Windows is still Windows. Shame, really. Still will have all of it's vulnerabilities(sp.)

[DiRTyBuNNy]

at my work we're Microsoft Certified Developers and we haven't gotten our copy yet (probably won't till 05) but I can't wait to get our copy in the office to use for testing (along with the new SQL Server in 05).

From what I've been told a graphics accelerator is required for Longhorn and that the OS contains it's own internal SQL database for logging files.

[Automaggin2]

From what I've been told a graphics accelerator is required for Longhorn and that the OS contains it's own internal SQL database for logging files.

Really.....that sounds intresting.

[Bluestrike_2]

Question.

When they want to send your personal info, I mean bug info, to M$ in the form of a bug report, why is it encrypted? With a lot of prime numbers? Are they really collecting informations !ACK!

[DiRTyBuNNy]

Really.....that sounds intresting.

yes..so let's say you want a list of all your MP3 files on the computer...all you would really be doing is running a query against the database...

[FlawleZ]

It looks decent but it seems that they are going to be asking A LOT as far as system requirements. I think that's a bit ridiculous. I'll stick with my Win2000 for now. And who knows, it can't be much worse than XP.

[Automaggin2]

It looks decent but it seems that they are going to be asking A LOT as far as system requirements. I think that's a bit ridiculous. I'll stick with my Win2000 for now. And who knows, it can't be much worse than XP.

well, Longhorn is being developed around 64 bit processors, which is the future of computing. 32 bit is very slowly fading out. Longhorn is being developed for the next gen CPU and hardware.

[danheneise]

all i can say is Long Live Open Source and Linux !!!!!, this might actually make me want a mac

[WickeDKlowN]

I've tried out the last 3 builds or so(4029, 4051 and 4053) and I'm getting the WinHEC Build(4074) as we speek.

So far it's pretty cool. Explorer has a memory leak in it when the sidebar is on that's been present for awhile now. and There's still alot of bugs(but it's an Alpha, so thats to be expected).

BTW, Avalon is just the theme, Aero is the "next-gen GUI" that everyone's speculating on.

[spantol]

I, um, had access to an early beta. It ran, quite well, on a 1.2 GHz PIII Laptop with a gig of RAM.

I played with it for about a week, and was very impressed. Yeah, most of it is eyecandy, but there are some great enhancements to the UI. Of particular note, and not shown by your screenshots, is the new Contacts-based workflow paradigm. It's quite intuitive--you have your list of people with whom you collaborate, and from that list you can e-mail, chat, mark up documents, etc. It's a new way of looking at things, and a very nice touch.

[alkafluence]

I voted that I don't really care as I've been running BSD as my primary OS for some time now.

But, an article from Microsoft Watch confirms it: 'Microsoft is expected to recommend that the 'average' Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz; a minimum of 2 gigs of RAM; up to a terabyte of storage; a 1 Gbit, built-in, Ethernet-wired port and an 802.11g wireless link; and a graphics processor that runs three times faster than those on the market today.'"

Article: http://www.microsoft-watch.com/artic...1581842,00.asp

[WickeDKlowN]

I, um, had access to an early beta. It ran, quite well, on a 1.2 GHz PIII Laptop with a gig of RAM.

I played with it for about a week, and was very impressed. Yeah, most of it is eyecandy, but there are some great enhancements to the UI. Of particular note, and not shown by your screenshots, is the new Contacts-based workflow paradigm. It's quite intuitive--you have your list of people with whom you collaborate, and from that list you can e-mail, chat, mark up documents, etc. It's a new way of looking at things, and a very nice touch.

What build did you get to try? And it's still in Alpha stages, not even close to being a beta yet.

[Fixion]

If they truly want to make it like OS X, they have to base it off unix.... and everyone knows the posibility of that.

I "aquired" an early build of longhorn, It was just eyecandy, nothing I really cared for. Plus it crashed very often.