Thomas Thomassen

Join Date 01/2003

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The Road to Windows "Longhorn" 2005

Paul Thurrott with updates on Longhorn

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There has been a noticable increase in Longhorn talk lately. And I'm going to add to it. I just had a look at Paul Thurrott Supersite for Windows and noticed he had updated his 2005 article of "The Road to Windows "Longhorn". I found a number of interesting things. The Roadmap and Release Schedule was updated. Don't think there was much of a change from earlier.
He also describes seven different flavours of Longhorn. Yes, seven! I've read on blogs around the internet that people are wondering how and why Microsoft is juggling with so many versions of Longhorn. (I'm one of them.)
The article also describes features besides the three main pillars Avalon, Ingido and WinFS that should explain why XP won't be like Longhorn just because these three pillars are beeing backported.
It also have a short list of Longhorns hardware recommendations for the time beeing.

Microsoft's Longhorn hardware recommendations:

Desktop CPU: 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor with HyperThreading Technology 530 (or higher) or 3 GHz Intel Xeon processor with 2 MB L2 cache, or AMD Athlon 64, Sempron, or Opteron 100, 200, or 800 processor, single or dual-core versions.

Mobile CPU: 1.86 GHz Intel Pentium M processor 750 (or higher), or AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology, Mobile Sempron, or Mobile Athlon 64 processor.

RAM: 512 MB of RAM or more, all platforms.

This might seem a bit steep, but remember this is the recommended, not the minimum. These specs are what you should have to run the whole lot of what Longhorn has to feature. Another thing to remember is that Longhorn is not meant to come out for another year, meaning that computers will have higher specs than now. My computer which I bought in October 2003 meets these specs.
I suppose quite a few people think it's too high specs, but I think it's all right specs. It's a brand new OS and I really think it should be able to handle the latest hardware and be ready for the future as well.

The last thing I saw on the site was three screenshots from Longhorn with Aero running. I believe these should be of interest for all you Aero enthusiasts out there. It was screenshot that I haven't seen yet. Looked pretty slick.

I'm sure I'll upgrade to Longhorn when I comes out, but I'm not sure I'll get it they day it's out. I'm thinking it might be safe to wait a few months, seeing that there usually are a few bumbs to smooth out after a new Windows or ServicePack release. Suppose it depends on what I hear from the beta reports. I don't want to be stuck with a system that lacks drivers or importaint software that I use won't function because it hasn't been made ready for Longhorn yet. Then again, that that time I might be wanting to buy a new computer system. Only time will tell.

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Longhorn, Foghorn. We may never see it on the market. How long they been putting it off?

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Thomas Thomassen

Join Date 01/2003

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Well, it was initially set to ship in 2004, so I'll be 2 years with the current schedule.

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I'm about to buy a new computer, so will be keeping those specs in mind. I usually try to get a new OS when its released, at least if its worth the update. XP was definitely worth the update from 98 when I got it. Time will tell if Longhorn will be as good as its being touted.

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kona0197

Join Date 02/2003

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I'm still trying to learn enough of Linux to migrate away from MS products...

I do think the recommended specs are not atainable with many people as not many ppl spend much money (or as little as possible) to get a PC.

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hey hey heres my 2 cents....i have been goin to Paul Thurrott's site for along time now and i am very excited for the Longhorn release...i have seen many video clips and enough other fancy stuff that it can do!!!!to keep me on the edge of my seat sayin "wow! now thats wick'd cool" vidoes are found here http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/productinfo/conceptvid/default.aspx and if it doesnt come out for the next 3 years um still goin to be waiting for it!!!! now i werk for HP and most of the people i werk with all think that its a pile of you know what!!! and say its goin to be stupid!!!and start talkin tech jargon to me blah! blah! blah! so i tell em to check out the videos and of course "they dont wanna waste there time on that crap" so they say......Avalon, Ingido and WinFS are very cool as far as i'm concerned.... i saw a 30 minute video not too long ago about Avalon & XAML with this developer from Microsoft and man the stuff this guy was doin was crazy ridiculous!!!(thats good by the way) i watched it 4 times in a row once with my gurlfriend (and she hates computers) and even she was wide eyed goin whoa!!! i wish i had the link so you all could see it!! but if you look around i'm sure you can find it!!! now like most people i also will wait for a couple of months after the release to actually install it...as i want all my programs to werk with no problems!!! well there you go thats my 2 cents...i will continue rockin my longhorn windowblinds til the time comes when i can get it for real!!

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Thomas Thomassen

Join Date 01/2003

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Yes. Them concept videos are really good. I downloaded all of them in hi-res. They where really interesting to see. And just considering that was made with existing technology. When they where made, not everything where planned out right. It's still going to be another year for it to come.

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