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Post by Masked on Nov 7, 2004 22:04:49 GMT
You're happy with XP.. at the moment...What about when LH comes out?  Um, I'll still be happy with XP? I'm not going to buy a new OS just for the sake of it... maybe when I get a new computer, but I'm not paying hundreds of pounds for a slightly better system. |
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Post by Woop on Nov 7, 2004 22:05:39 GMT
True, but if its true, LH is going to be out in 2006/7 so that will make XP pretty old...
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Post by Brian on Nov 7, 2004 22:54:26 GMT
Um, I'll still be happy with XP? I'm not going to buy a new OS just for the sake of it... maybe when I get a new computer, but I'm not paying hundreds of pounds for a slightly better system. Longhorn will be the biggest upgrade since Windows 3.1 to 95 |
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Post by Chuck on Nov 8, 2004 1:14:01 GMT
Longhorn.. Couldn't they have come up with a better name than that? Like, XP The Revenge. Or XP2, or go up a letter for XP, and make it "YQ"
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Post by Woop on Nov 8, 2004 1:17:19 GMT
Longhorn.. Couldn't they have come up with a better name than that? Like, XP The Revenge. Or XP2, or go up a letter for XP, and make it "YQ" Maybe because its just a working title? XP had another title before that... I cant remember it tho |
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Post by Brian on Nov 8, 2004 5:59:20 GMT
Maybe because its just a working title? XP had another title before that... I cant remember it tho XP = Whistler Whistler was named after a snow slope near a ski resort where Microsoft is located. Longhorn is at the bottom, right after Whistler.  |
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Post by Woop on Nov 8, 2004 11:02:32 GMT
XP = Whistler Whistler was named after a snow slope near a ski resort where Microsoft is located. Longhorn is at the bottom, right after Whistler. w00t. Yeah I remember that now. Didn't know what it was. Interesting tho  |
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Post by FreeWill on Nov 8, 2004 20:20:47 GMT
I doubt Longhorn will run on just any computer It won't, it needs at least a DirectX 9 compatible graphics card to run the avalon graphics engine (this Mac OS X type effects when minimizing, etc.) |
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Post by Woop on Nov 8, 2004 23:38:29 GMT
It won't, it needs at least a DirectX 9 compatible graphics card to run the avalon graphics engine (this Mac OS X type effects when minimizing, etc.) From what you said now.... It will work on my PC ;D YAY |
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Post by phantom on Nov 9, 2004 0:29:47 GMT
seeing as microsucks keep making their system requirements higher and higher, i wouldnt be surprised if the minimum requirements for this new operating system will be at least 1 gig of ram, and a processor that isnt out yet.. lets wait and see ;D
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Post by adam on Nov 9, 2004 2:37:25 GMT
I downloaded Longhorn before. It's nothing special yet.
Longhorn has a new installer. It uses a black color scheme. Supposidly an upgrade to Longhorn will only take 15 minutes. Well right now a clean install of Longhorn takes about 2 hours. The boot up screen hasn't changed. The only thing new to the GUI is the ugly memory leaking side bar and a new visual style. The windows got a makeover and all but it's nothing to be downloading for.
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Post by Brian on Nov 9, 2004 3:27:17 GMT
I downloaded Longhorn before. It's nothing special yet. Longhorn has a new installer. It uses a black color scheme. Supposidly an upgrade to Longhorn will only take 15 minutes. Well right now a clean install of Longhorn takes about 2 hours. The boot up screen hasn't changed. The only thing new to the GUI is the ugly memory leaking side bar and a new visual style. The windows got a makeover and all but it's nothing to be downloading for. There's still roughly 2 more years of development. Longhorn is and will be the biggest upgrade since Windows 95. I dig the transparent windows too. |
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Post by Brian on Nov 9, 2004 3:28:23 GMT
seeing as microsucks keep making their system requirements higher and higher, i wouldnt be surprised if the minimum requirements for this new operating system will be at least 1 gig of ram, and a processor that isnt out yet.. lets wait and see ;D Considering you can download Longhorn right now and run it on a machine with 528+ megs of ram and a 2ghz desktop I'd say.. No. And as with all technology it will need better hardware. |
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Post by Shady on Nov 9, 2004 11:56:50 GMT
a) I'm happy with XP b) I checked my bank balance today. Lets just say I won't be buying anything expensive for a while |
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Post by FreeWill on Nov 9, 2004 17:00:16 GMT
The system requiremnts wont be above a 1Ghz CPU and ~ 256MB of RAM. Knowing that Win XP takes up 3GB of HDD space, I wouldn't be surprised if Longhorn takes up to 5GBs. It's not due for release until about 2006, and it's not even in beta testing yet so there'll be long enough for M$ to improve the OS. And time for us to save up for it |
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