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Longhorn Preview

Posted by Zonk on from the i'm-ready-for-a-filet dept.

prostoalex writes "News.com has up a preview of Microsoft's current build of Longhorn operating system, from Jim Allchin, Microsoft group vice president. The timing is not coincidental with Apple's Tiger release, as Allchin pointed out some advantages that Microsoft had over Apple's OS: 'High on the list of features are security enhancements, improved desktop searching and organizing, and better methods for laptops to roam from one network to another.'" Update: 04/15 21:24 GMT by Z : Thomashawk wrote in to provide links to less formal looks at the Allchin preview, one at his site, and one at Evan William's site.

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  1. Re:Amazing! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Well done. That's hilarious. Bravo.

    Now why don't you shut the fuck up and let the grown-ups speak?

    Stupid fucking cunt.

  2. Timing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Haha I love how all Mac zealots point at Micosoft for timing this review with Tiger's release while it was in fact Apple who timed Tiger for release right around exactly by the time of HEC.

  3. Re:Windows release model is the problem by Axe · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    It means the OS is obsolete before it goes beta

    That means that they finally came to their senses and do not try to please gay geeks like you with the latest bells and whistles. "Ooooo my icons zoom and have little dancing faggots in them"

    For a system used to actually do work, something that is thought out and stable is a long overdue concept. OS needs to be stable.

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    <^>_<(ô ô)>_<^>
  4. Re:Amazing! by kz45 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's kinda too bad actually. I go to a lot of scientific talks and I always enjoy watching Windows users tapping all sorts of keys, restarting, etc. just to get their presentation to show up on the projector screen.

    too bad the reason many users' systems are slow isn't because of Microsoft. It's because of spyware. I have XP running on all of my computers and 2003 standard edition on my server. The 2003 machine has been running smooth for over a year now, I haven't even had to reboot it once. I have also used my XP machine (which is a laptop) for many presentations, and I have never had a problem.

    rebooting and BSODs due to Microsoft issues are a thing of the past.

    linux may not require reboots due to spyware, but that's only because it's not popular enough for the spyware companies to write software for it.