Microsoft Corp.'s plans for "Longhorn," the next version of Windows, include a new graphics subsystem, a new file system and a new security system. But, so far, users aren't nearly as excited about the features as Microsoft is.
The breakthroughs in Longhorn will really change the landscape that consumers and businesspeople see when they look at a new PC," Will Poole, senior vice president of Microsoft's Windows Client Division, said here at WinHEC last week.
Users will also have to wait awhile for the new operating system. Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., said it plans to release a prebeta developer release of Longhorn at its Professional Developers Conference in October. Two separate betas are due next year, and final release is scheduled for 2005, Poole said.
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