Katch Posted July 15, 2005 Posted July 15, 2005 Just thought I'd open a Longhorn thread. The beta is due to drop on the 27th and I guess at least some of us will be trying to get a look see. http://www.flexbeta.net/main/comments.php?...&shownews=13839 Must admit the leaked screenies look tasty, I'll try and update this with info as and when I find it and my own experiences of the beta when I get it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted July 15, 2005 Posted July 15, 2005 I'm running Longhorn 4074, well I have it on one of my drives. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted July 15, 2005 Posted July 15, 2005 It looks good, but I will reserve my judgement for when it is finally released as a retail product. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTim2004 Posted July 15, 2005 Posted July 15, 2005 wOw, the desktop is looking increasingly more like the interactice Apple desktop.... After what... 5 years? I was hoping for something a bit....better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted July 15, 2005 Posted July 15, 2005 Such as a fully 3d gui! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted July 15, 2005 Posted July 15, 2005 Hardware requirements are a bit stiff and you better have a current video card to go with it. The OS won't install all of the interface bells and whistles unless you have at least an nVidia 6600GT or ATI equivelant and above. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauron18 Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 I will intall the beta when its come out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 oh joy a new MS operating system...but this time, if I understand correctly, it will crash with 3d icons? Sweet. I am very tired of BSOD in 2D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 I haven't been able to make it crash yet but I'm still trying things. I was able to get it to lock up running a DB query while encoding video but it closed both apps without losing any data. I'm gonna try installing the full Adobe Acrobat app which has some known problems with a medical billing program we support. Filemaker Pro will be another good test. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauron18 Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 Can someone tell me how stable is longhorn right now? a test the 4007 a long time ago in my old pc P4 2.2 ,512Mb DDR ,64 mb, 80gb and is was slow maybe right now is moving a bit faster and more stable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICON57 Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 wOw, the desktop is looking increasingly more like the interactice Apple desktop.... After what... 5 years? I was hoping for something a bit....better. I have read that mac has plans for releasing an os for pc's in the near future. Seems very likely as macs will be sporting intel cpu's in 2006. I do like the look of longhorn, did ms keep the file finding system in the os? wfs, (windows file system) supposed to find files on the hd as fast as google can find info on the net. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 The WFS is removed from the version I have. It runs on NTFS. I have read that mac has plans for releasing an os for pc's in the near future. Seems very likely as macs will be sporting intel cpu's in 2006. I do like the look of longhorn, did ms keep the file finding system in the os? wfs, (windows file system) supposed to find files on the hd as fast as google can find info on the net. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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