The Road to Windows "Longhorn" 2005
Paul Thurrott with updates on Longhorn
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/longhorn_preview_2005.asp
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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.
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.
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.
