Longhorn Skinning A Reality

AlphaAlien writes "AlphaAlien of HardwareGeeks.com has figured out how to skin all of Microsoft's upcoming Windows release codenamed Longhorn. We can now skin Longhorn in the same manner we can skin Windows XP. Here's a picture of a very early copy of the first ever non-Microsoft skin for Longhorn. The only possible issue at this point is that Microsoft appears to be planning to move away from BMP based skinning altogethor and move to PNG based skins in which case any skins made for Longhorn at this point in time will not work far into the future. Also the patch to allow the skins to be loaded may not work many builds from the present as well. But for now we'll be able to hack away at the skinning engine at our leisure. in co-operation with BetasIRC.net we will be releasing the first few longhorn skins and a guide on how to get started on creating your own Longhorn skins."

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Re:Planning for the future?

[Rick the Red]

I have a Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop with a sticker on it that says "Designed for Microsoft Windows XP." This thing is designed for XP, and I have to re-boot it at least once a week to keep it stable, more often if I close the lid and let it "hibernate" (more like "go comatose"). I'm very disappointed with the stablity of XP -- at work I've used Dell Latitudes and desktops with Windows 2000 that didn't need rebooting for months. I used to hibernate my Latitude at the office, take it home and wake it up undocked and go right back to work with no problem. I don't know if it's the Inspiron vs. the Latitiude, but I really suspect it's XP vs. 2000. So far XP does not impress me for stability.