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A Quick Look at Longhorn Build 4053
An anonymous reader writes "Even though the next generation Windows product is not due until late 2005 or even 2006, here is a look at what Microsoft has in store for it's future operating system. 'Without a vast amount of tweaking, this build is a resource hog. At idle, with no applications running, the commit charge is at a whopping 483 MB!! Obviously, the final release or even the beta releases will not consume this much of the system resources.'"
First out of the gate, somebody says Microsoft will find some crap to put in to eat up any resources they gain by optimization.
/. would care about validity).
Next, the Microsoft trolls pounce, claiming that the same statement is true about Linux (no doubt they more precisely refer to the KDE and GNOME desktops, but hey...)and even if it isn't, if a Windows troll said it, the Linux trolls would pounce, so it's a valid complaint (as if anybody on
These guys must still be using Windows 98 because Windows 2000 is a very slow-starting OS compared to current Linux. Windows XP is better but still not good. Both also take an eternity to install compared to current Linux. Reread that statement about how long Longhorn takes to do "hardware detection". Knoppix Linux does it in the two minutes it takes to boot up.
The bottom line however is that Longhorn has a database file system which HAS to be a resource hog and slow as hell - requiring all new hardware, and all new applications to be BOUGHT and installed. And the Windows trolls claim Linux is hard to use for a newbie. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'd call having to upgrade your hardware on every release of the OS to be hard on newbies.
Note that the article states that that over-400MB of commit charge is WITHOUT applications running.
What kind of "debug" does Microsoft run - a full 256MB simulation on top of a 256MB OS?
Give me a break. This thing is going to be a nightmare to run, a nightmare to install, a nightmare to administer.
They finally admitted in Windows 2003 Server that the 2000 Group Policy menus were a nightmare to figure out and put them in an MMC Console. How long before they have to put everything on a Console in order for anybody to figure Longhorn out.
And the trolls think Linux is hard to use!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
Microsoft software is crap. (Linux is crap, too, but at least it's FREE crap.)
Mod this flamebait, mod this troll, mod this up your grandmother's ass, I could care less.
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So now MS is even stealing Apple's least liked ideas... brushed metal.
Does Microsoft, a multibillion dollar company tied the richest man in the WORLD, even own a god damn industrial design department?! They contract other designers to make their icons (mac geeks of course, http://www.iconfactory.com/ ), they acquire 99% of their photography from Getty and Corbis, and their desktops are completely devoid of anything intuitive.
I'm sure MS spends a butt load of money on overrated geeks who have been specifically schooled in HCI / Human Factors. However, they don't seem to have a staff that understands graphic and, more importantly, interactive design.
These bizzaro Apple desktops are getting old. MS has the money and power to make a NICE and ORIGINAL desktop... but for some reason they chose not to. Why is this?
"Things are more moderner than before- bigger, and yet smaller- it's computers-- San Dimas High School football RULES!"
Dude, it's going to be released not before 2 years! The thing you are reviewing is in debug mode and probably has very little to do with what Longhorn will finally be. Forget what you see, this is just not Longhorn! You are reviewing a product that is nothing, will never be released close to the form you are reviewing it, so I am asking: What is the point?
how good will it look
Nobody knows for one good reason: Nobody can predict the future. Let's review it when MS says it is good to be reviewed.
Write boring code, not shiny code!