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Why Panther May Tear Up Longhorn

Posted by pudge on from the because-it-doesn't-exist dept.

Sophrosyne writes "Microsoft Watch has presented an article on Longhorn, which is due not before 2005, and compares it with Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther), which may be released this September. The article touches on some of the areas where Windows is ahead in operating system design and technologies, as well as how Panther plans to compete. Included in Microsoft Watch's article were links to a Extreme-Tech article on Desktop compositing, and 3D User Interfaces. It also contains videos of Longhorn's 3D Quartz-like user interface in action." If processor power is so important, why are we so willing to waste it on making windows do funny things when we move them around? Just wondering.

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  1. The biggest difference by Enrico+Pulatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    between Longhorn's Windowing System and Quartz is IE will have it's css extended to allow you to do crap like that to arbitrary windows, so popup ads will be mesmerizing.

    the groundwork is in place already. It's only a matter of time before it's applied to the windows themselves.

  2. New viruses by Frac · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did anyone watch this clip of the new prototype GUI?

    This is it. This is what e-mail viruses are going to look like in four years.