Angry_Games Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 i thought WFS was what the hoopla was about? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 You want it to crash? Run QuarkExpress 6.5 with a full graphics page, run a resize on 500 images with the MS tool, and do a video encoding. That will do it, I guarentee it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timpanogos Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 Or, just have ace smile widely, directly at the monitor ... it's going down! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken Joe 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. You realize that Windows started out as a copy of the Apple OS made for windows so dont expect much from them It is very rare for windows to have an original idea witout having someone develop it first for them to copy. Just imagine if Apple sold the OS instead of trying to only selll it with computers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timpanogos Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 well, they stole the foundation os concepts from ibm (os2). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protagonist. Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 I'll probably give the new version a whirl when it's released. I never got around to installing Longhorn yet, it's been on my to-do-list, but since this update is coming I might as well wait. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor 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 lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katch Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 I played about with various releases so far and have to agree, slow and very little substance. Several key technologies are not to be included in the first beta roll out, Jupiter Research senior analyst and Microsoft Monitor author Joe Wilcox questioned how complete Beta 1 will really be. "I expect Longhorn Beta 1 to be a fairly limited test, whether looked at by number of testers or product features," Wilcox said. "The real beta -- the one revealing broadest feature changes -- likely won't come until, at best, end of this year. That means Microsoft customers, partners and competitors won't yet be able to judge Longhorn progress or what the new Windows version will mean to them." (read XP with new GUI and new ntergrated software versions thrown on top) but still, you have to be curious. I am in no way a fan of Microsofts methods or development, however, as with most of you, I have been using their OS' for many years right back to 3.1. Like it or not I know this next incarnation of Windows will probably become (sooner or later as XP did in its time) my primary OS and that I will spend many hours getting my head round it. Better to get on top of it now, than later, know thy enemy and all that.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken Joe Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 I played about with various releases so far and have to agree, slow and very little substance. Several key technologies are not to be included in the first beta roll out, (read XP with new GUI and new ntergrated software versions thrown on top) but still, you have to be curious. I am in no way a fan of Microsofts methods or development, however, as with most of you, I have been using their OS' for many years right back to 3.1. Like it or not I know this next incarnation of Windows will probably become (sooner or later as XP did in its time) my primary OS and that I will spend many hours getting my head round it. Better to get on top of it now, than later, know thy enemy and all that.... I will not be an eary adopter unless they give me a veryy compelling reason to. It takes them forever to patch the patches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katch Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 I will not be an eary adopter unless they give me a veryy compelling reason to. It takes them forever to patch the patches. If I was only running a single system I too would feel that way. As it is with a box for Linux, an XP Box for Browsing and Admin work and an XP Box for Gaming and Tweaking (not to mention a pair of laptops one XP one Linux) I feel it would be worth lending one to Longhorn testing and development. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 when my games play better than they do on XP, and everything works properly, and there's an anti-virus for it...I'll use it. just like XP64 just like XP just like 2k just like ME just like 98SE just like 98 just like 95 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_xhp_ Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 I will not be an eary adopter unless they give me a veryy compelling reason to. It takes them forever to patch the patches. They'll release longhorn, then SP1, then SP2, then I'll adopt... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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