Latest Info & Screenshots - Longhorn

[shanmuga]

Wondering what kind of a brute is needed to run this monster? Read on!

"This means Longhorn is going to have some heady requirements, at least compared with today's Windows. The bare minimum Longhorn system will have to be able to display at least 1024 x 768 with 32-bit color, and it must include a hardware accelerated 3D video card with at least 64 MB of RAM. But this is the base requirement: To take advantage of the fun eye candy Microsoft has planned, you'll need advanced video hardware with at least 128 MB of RAM. Kerry Hammil, a Program Manager with the Windows Client Platform, abstracted this somewhat by stating that the lower-end requirements were roughly analogous to the kind of system needed to run DirectX 7-level technologies. The upper-end requirements are more akin to DirectX 9, she said".

INFO & SCREENSHOTS (http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/longhorn_preview_2003.asp)

[Mark Miller]

In 2 years when it is finally ready these requirements will seem like nothing. On top of that I think it will change 50 or 60 times before it goes gold. I remember all the hoopla leading up to Xp.
I also think that unless there is some really cool breakthrough I might just stick with Xp till this machine dies. Way to expensive to replace all the peripherals running on this.
IMHO
Mark

[LadyGrey]

Oh boy Mark do I agree with you. Couldn't tear me away from Windows 2000 Pro anyway, just love it. It seems to me after reading the article that everyone who wants to run this Longhorn thing is going to have to go out and get a whole new setup! Yeah right, more money for them, less for us huh? Ain't gonna happen here. Just my opinon tho!:)

LG;)

As you can tell I'm on the laptop that doesn't have iespell yet so excuse the mistakes!:p

[pave_spectre]

Longhorn can take a flying leap as far as Im concerned. How many levels of activation do they plan to incorporate into 'Strongarm'.:p
Bring on the biometrics:rolleyes:

[Mark Miller]

I think what all these companies miss is what you are going to with this stuff. Unless applications are written or the web changes it's going to be like having a ferrari engine in a 55 mile an hour speed zone.
Mark:)

[mjc]

Longhorn: Let me put it this way, Mr. Amer. The Longhorn series is the most reliable computer ever made. No Longhorn computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.

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