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A Quick Peek at Longhorn | |
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| Time: 06:04 EST/11:04 GMT | News Source: PC Magazine | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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We last looked at an alpha of Longhorn, Microsoft's next-generation operating system, in May 2004. We were even able to get elements of the Aero desktop running, plus took a look at the ambitious WinFS file system. Since then, Microsoft has removed the advanced filing system WinFS, and made other key changes. Microsoft released an updated alpha of Longhorn, Build 5048, at this year's WinHEC (the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference). We installed the Longhorn build on a Dell Inc. Inspiron XPS notebook PC, figuring that the 3.4GHz Pentium 4 processor and ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics chip would have enough horsepower to handle even a stripped-down version of Longhorn. Unfortunately, the driver subsystem has a long way to go, as Longhorn failed to recognize either the Mobility Radeon 9700 or the Gigabit Ethernet chip built into the XPS system. But that just gave us an excuse to install the the 64-bit version of the build on a beefed-up desktop system, which ended up working just fine. | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (156.80.34.36) at 4/26/2005 11:25:35 AM |
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You know, it may be total coincidence (it's not though) that all is quiet on the Longhorn front UNTIL the week that Tiger ships.
Velly Intellesting.... TL |
| #2 By 665 (198.51.49.2) at 4/26/2005 11:45:31 AM |
| Well... How long has WinHec been planned? When did Apple announce Tiger would be out the 29th? Microsoft may be promoting it more than they had originally planned to, but Apple only announced when Tiger would be out earlier this month, while WinHec has been scheduled this week for months. |
| #3 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 4/26/2005 2:21:18 PM |
| TechLarry - You're right. It wasn't a coincidence that Apple choose to ship Tiger during WinHEC. |
| #4 By 665 (198.51.49.2) at 4/26/2005 8:25:47 PM |
| #4, I was talking to TechLarry, it just takes me a long time to write my messages sometimes, so I didn't see yours :-) |
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