What's the new OS from MS going to be?

[Clive]

I heard Longhorn? What is it? Any details? I heard a different file system.
I run XP pro with all updates and it is good enough for now. Just wondering how they were planning on improving.

[AllGamer]

you mean Windows 2003 ?

it's out already for over a month

came out late April :t

[Clive]

Not that one. A consumer level based OS.

[Clive]

Woohoo 100 posts. It only took 3 1/2 years!

[Bigjakkstaffa]

It's still Longhorn

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/longhorn_alpha.asp

Still got the mingeddy XP GUI :(

--Jakk:t

[mireland]

I always get confused on the naming of MS products..Is win2003 meant for business(server) and longhorn a home user product???..I wish that **** Gates would name his OS in a logical usefull manner..:mad:

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Win2003 Server is meant for servers only, its got a loty of compatibility issues with regular software ive heard

--Jakk:t

[mireland]

Originally posted by Bigjakkstaffa
Win2003 Server is meant for servers only, its got a loty of compatibility issues with regular software ive heard

--Jakk:t

cool, so I take it Longhorn is the next OS above XP--I wonder if there will be a pro and home edition as well???
http://www.steroidology.com/forum/images/smilies/smashcomp.gif

[Bigjakkstaffa]

XP and Longhorn to me, look like 6 is to two three's

--Jakk:t

[Midknyte]

Here's the link I posted in the data storage section about WinFS (the longhorn file system)

http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20030617/index.html

[ngc457]

Still got the mingeddy XP GUI

What is wrong with the XP GUI? You can change it. I think people love to complain about Microsoft, Windows and Bill Gates for no other reason then it is popular to do. I for one am sick of it.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

If it isnt Bill Gates' best friend back again :rolleyes:

Personally i dont like the big fluffy pre-schooler interface, XP was supposed to be a revolutionary look, instead it turned out looking like an educational toy for preschoolers. In contrast even Linux looks much nicer. Yes you can return it to the classic look and i suppose thats okay, personally i imported a load of hacked .dll files and im now running XP with the entire MACOSX front end. If MS could make a GUI that looked half as good as the latest mac offerings they would be onto something very good indeed

--Jakk:t

[mireland]

Originally posted by ngc457


What is wrong with the XP GUI? You can change it. I think people love to complain about Microsoft, Windows and Bill Gates for no other reason then it is popular to do. I for one am sick of it.

Yes you can switch to Classical mode...Just a thought, maybe if Bill Gates actually ASKED the consumer what they wanted then maybe there would be less complaining..http://www.steroidology.com/forum/images/smilies/splat.gif

[bushmaster]

Why stick with classic or fischer price themes. Just patch XP and you can use 3rd party themes w/o having to run one of the various theme apps.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Most of the third party themes are pants in my findings

--Jakk:t

[mireland]

..Oh, yea..Just what the He** was the point of WinME anyway??!!!!!http://www.steroidology.com/forum/images/smilies/soap.bmp