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Re: Longhorn 5203 Screenshots

Ravi — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:46:08 -0000

wow, u got over 500kbps on bittorrent downloading vista. im also downloading vista from torrentspy, about 200 seeds and over 1000 peers but im only getting speeds of 10-50 kbps on 2mb broadband. What BitTorrent client are you using, im only using BitTorrent 4.4.1, BitComet sucks, for me.

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zalzy — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:38:02 -0000

blahhh whiinnne blahhh whiiinnne blaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh I know this old rock quarry that's juuussstttt perrrfect to shove the lot of you whiners in and cap with a small fusion bomb. You're just pissed you didn't think about the transparent title bars and it conflicts with your MS is never clever dogma. XP may not crash not running on your chine, but is stable running on my chine.

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wade farlow — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:38:07 -0000

there will be so many ways to get it im almost sure youll get a copy for free, besides how much will this one cost 299 399 who knows

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MasterDragon — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 08:00:00 -0000

I fully agree with those who are in favour of Longhorn! This is olny a first sight, I'v been able to test the Beta myself and I must tell you I'M HAPPY AND I'D BUY IT!

Just so you don't think I'm a linux hater or something, i'm not, I just use both OS the same, for different purposes

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bïöµï¢ — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:44:20 -0000

too many comments

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JPLWU — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:34:04 -0000

Translucent= RAM KILLER....need 1 gig just to survive, not that most comps dont have it nowadays, ok, so the big advocates for Longhorn, what actually separates this from WIN XP? The new FS isnt going to be included with the first release is it? I am not knocking the OS, I just would like to know how it plans on marketing itself as a more efficient operating system, I think a lot of people are stating the upgrade theory that are used with most vehicles....if the inside is the same, with no major imporvements, then they must atleast upgrade the looks.....I would be interested in knowing about the new features....sorry I am not more updated on the progress...

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Real Beta User — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:32:27 -0000

Linux haters are morons. said:
on July 19th, 2005 at 2:48 pm

"Give me a version of Windows that:
a - I don't need to install 3 anti-spyware programs and 2 anti-virus programs on just to survive day-to-day use;"

(Ok, here, with number A - One anti-spyware program only is all that needs installed, works great, called Microsoft Anti-Spyware, One virus scan, AVG Free works GREAT)

"b - doesn't take up 11 gigs for nothing but itself, ms-paint, calc and IE;"

(Not 11 gigs, stop over-exagerating)

"c - can see other partitions on the same disk, even if it can't write to them
and I'll probably use it, if for no other reason than commercial games. Also, it wouldn't hurt if it took under 2 hours to install (without windows update). Is that so much to ask? All I want is built-in spyware/virus protection (it's not like they're a new phenomenon which Microsoft has never heard of), a slightly less rediculous disk requirement (call me wierd, but I don't feel that Windows should take up over a quarter of my laptop's hard drive) and to play nice with others. I understand you have a monopoly that you need to keep, because it's not like you have more money than god, but seriously, can't you mount other partitions? Even if it's read-only?"

And if you want it to install faster, get a new computer, and stop running in the dark ages of computing. I installed this Longhorn Beta in about 30 minutes flat!

Like i said earlier as well, Microsoft Anti-Spyware is the best to date.

And, oh this one made me laugh my ass off when i read it, a quarter of your hard drive space? Holy crap man, get rid of that 40 gig hard drive, (considering most commercial games as you so put it now install a few gigs of crap every game)

Its time for you to stop bitching and whining and actually upgrade that piece of crap computer.

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Val1stSea Labog — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 06:33:01 -0000

Longhorn now Vista ... a prominent and more promising software so far can we tell it so. Duh!!! ever bogging down software, now shall it wouldn't? I hope so?@! Arg! Yet I proved it to be much great and Worthy! Thanks!

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Anonymous — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:48:54 -0000

Why the f*** dont you short sighted, shallow minded morons stop critising and instead get an education and develop your own operating system. It's not going to be as easy as you obviously think it is !!!
I'm sick to death of all you ignorant sad pathetic losers, who propably downloaded a pirated copy of Windows, and then instantly picked holes in it and decided to tell the world how crappy it is. (most of you are still using it though, aren't you?).
Linux may be ok one day.....
Mac.......lets not go there eh?
So until something better comes along, lets use whatever we are individually happy with. Critisisms and suggestions for improvements should go to the software company responsible.

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Think before you speak — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 06:29:49 -0000

I don't mean offence, but common people think before you post. This is just the first beta. It's not due out for over a year. If anyone has used a windows beta before, they know each and everyone far from shows the final product. Infact if the final product even remotely showed a comparison to the betas, i wouldn't go near it. Even the looks of windows vista will be changeing and its to early to judge microsoft. I usualy dislike the company, but they seem to be improving. I stayed with the 64bit xp for a long time while it was developed. It was horrible at first, but the betas improved slowly, and though it was delayed, it was worth the waite. Microsoft is taking time testing the systems they make now unlike before. They are listening to peoples opinions. When the final product comes out, xp will be history and no one except the closeminded people who can't change with the times will use xp. Don't be so judgemental and bash Vista. Its going to make windows xp and back look like trash. And one last note as well. Does anyone remember xp betas. Most people hated them. They were unstable and looked like crap. Vista is just begining.

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nik — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:42:04 -0000

aaaahahahahaha u twats u ve been arguing like idiots for like a month
over a new XP skin . its called windows vista
http://users.pandora.be/linkplaza/images/
ppppffffffffff

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John — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 05:15:45 -0000

It's quite stupid that you evaluate the new Windows saying it's only a new wallpaper, I'm pretty sure most of you only watched the screenshots, so what do you want to find in a screenshot? Maybe Microsoft should add a button with the text "New cool features", that's the only way you think there is new stuff on it.

Main changes are in the core of the OS and probably you will never notice them because the main use you give to the computer is post this kind of stupid comments on forums.

Linux with totally different UI managers? Come on guys go home!!

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James Brown — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:50:53 -0000

To be honest, i dont care how it looks - i am more interested on how it works. If its like Linux - stable - i am happy...u can always make things look nice yourself at a later stage if everythings working properly.

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Chaosdreamer — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 19:54:05 -0000

Why should Longhorn look any different than XP? besides the fact that it's built around Server 2003, can you really judge an operating system by what you see? honestly. and XP is good enough, hm? then why is microsoft starting to stop offer help and assistance with XP Home, and will stop with Pro by the end of 2006? if XP is so good, then why is Microsoft slowly trying to get away from it. The fact is, if you don't actually know the structural integrity of the OS, there isn't really much that you can diss about it.

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desbest — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:37:07 -0000

There is nothing Longhorn(now called Vista) has that makes me wanna upgrade.
WHAT IS THE NEW FEATURES?
Yeah there's Avalon, Indigo, RSS, Sidebar and Internet Explorer but they already exist in old or rival softwares.
Or they have to release Avalon, Indigo to rival with Apple's Aqua.
Microsoft was forced to release a new os so they scrape for ideas.
Same for WMPlayer, Anti-Spyware and IE. If it's to keep up with the times or to rival, it's crap.
If not, it's good.

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Geekman — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 02:21:08 -0000

all I can say is - whoa. it took, what, half a dozen missed release dates for THIS? whoa, nice beta, guys. yeah yeah a beta isn't supposed to be done... but it's supposed to be ALMOST there. that's the idea of a beta. features in place, just need to get the bugs worked out. have fun working out the bugs in the 2 weeks between when the features are solidified and when the product ships.

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pablo906 — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 21:31:12 -0000

This desktop is in no way a reference for where Longhorn is going so quit making assumptions. It's a build release that incorporated the 3dw support (althouth minimally) for driver development. That is fact. This build wasn't made so you could know what exactly is going on with the OS so don't assume because you don't see something it's not there. WinFS is most likely dropped and they publicly said that. If you tried WinFS you'll understand why. An average pc would run horribly with WinFS enabled. Imagine SQL query for every time you opened a folder to give you details on content etc. That's an overdramatic example but should give you an idea. It would take 1GB of RAM to get decent File System performance. Relational database storage with file information is a few years off from the hardware standpoint.

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pablo906 — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 21:25:51 -0000

If I'm a multi billion dollar global software company leading the Operating System market by a huge margin I'd just put all my newest features in the pre beta semi public releases so everyone that posts on web sites on the internet wouldn't complain. That the most logical business strategy I can think of. I mean why wouldn't I, being Microsoft, the most closed source Intellectual Property tyrant on the planet would just give away all my secrets. FFS people don't use their brains. They don't have the 3d GUI enabled there. That has to be enabled manually in this build and doesn't feature any effects etc. If you knew anything of longhorn and driver development you'd know that. This has nothing to show people other than it's built on the NT kernel, it is a continuation of the development from nt4 -> 2k -> xp! They announced that the next gui would be 3d in like '02. Now in '05 some specifics are coming out. And for the record the newest "revolutionary" KDE is not alot better and "cooler" than the old KDE. So no Linux has many X-Win desktops to choose from but they don't all make revolutionary strides forward that impress and awe from build to build. OSX is as always though way ahead of it's time in the desktop interface. They're OpenGL and in Tiger it's quite slick. Without the fluff and dinging it's really nice.

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jackslap — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:48:26 -0000

I have no idea what MS may present people with when they do release a complete effort, be it beta or OS. The examples of their work that have been made available and their own statements as to what they propose to include , does leave a bit to be desired. The very large backword step that was made when they stopped 4074 and what they presented with 5048, has in no way , according to their own information, been recovered. They couldn't do winfs, they dropped the side bar, and as far as I can understand from all the porting they did with a great deal of what they had in 4074. There will not be much to entice the regular user to go out and buy it on its own. Installed on a pc purchase is where they will rack up their statistics, not from any genuine desire on the users part. The rest of the attraction will only be for the power users and I do believe there w

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5amYan — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:38:16 -0000

LongWait, hehe Ready to make it's debut on the newest quantum computers...They're in beta, too.
I understand work on it's sucessor has already begun...
code named pipe | dream

With cool new features like look to focus, double click cloning and featuring thoughtless telepathic input capability...Complete with pixel level Digital Rights Management- Monitor too old? no problem your porn will automatically be blurred until you upgrade to an approved monitor.

Uh-Oh that thought is patented, you...
Microsoft LongWait has determined this program may be hazerdous to your computer's health. Windows is terminating this program:
Name of program: EXPLORER.EXE
Click OK to continue

The last bit actually happened to a WINXP SP2 box while installing a printer driver. Upon clicking OK the computer shut itsself down. Yet upon restarting the printer driver worked....

I can't take it any more, I must tell it to the grass! "Midas has asses ears."

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Anonymous — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:00:16 -0000

no, no, NO. Wait. These screenshots aren't fake right?

Its really ridiculous. I've been hearing so much about longhorn, all the kewl features, everything, but seriously, where izzit? of course I can't judge from this beta, and obviously microsoft won't want to reveal all the new features so no one goes stealing... but this is an utter disappointment.

This had better not be for the final. If not, straight to Mac OSX I go, and maybe Linux on my second partition.

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David B. — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 06:59:39 -0000

Wow...well let me tell you what I think...I can download any version of Windows Longhorn to date. You all want to know the reason why I can? Microsoft wants all of you to be talking about these alpha and beta builds all you want. Think about it, when Halo 2 was released, Microsoft had a fit, and told all these downloading sites and such to yank the links to the files, otherwise legal actions would be taken. Don't you think Microsoft wants you to see all this? You really think that this is the acutal Microsoft Longhorn? That would be insanity. Why would they produce so many versions of an operating system that looks almost identical? To all of you that think that this is the final version of Longhorn, think again...

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Alex K. — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:01:08 -0000

For those of you who are sticking with XP: look at XP (Whistler) Beta 1. Its UGLY. The final UI will probably appear in Beta 2 if not RC. This UI is actually very good for a beta.

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/whistler_be...

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Alex — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:41:16 -0000

look at the Tiger - you'll see the difference and forget about viruses,worms.

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Jason — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:35:34 -0000

I think where Longhorn's UI is really, really lacking is in simplicity. Every window seems to have several many"tasks" the user might want to do, and as a result it is visually overwhelming... the user is confused about what they should do. Less is more folks. Not sure if/when Microsoft will learn that, but if they were really good at copying OS X they'd know that by now. In my opinion, the Longhorn interface is worse than XP... it just assaults the viewer with options and "tasks," which is visually confusing and misleading. Just present the information in a clear and concise way, and let the user decide what they want to do. Don't assume that every time someone opens up a folder, they have no idea what they want to do and need a large list of potential tasks to complete.