Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Windows Longhorn Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post ckings6056 Posted at 11:57 am on April 19, 2003 Hey, Have any of you lot heard about the new Windows that is coming out in 2005? At the moment they are calling it Windwos Longhorn (seems a rather stupid name to me to be honest!) My mate downloaded it off of Kazaa and had it running on his PC for a couple of months (this was just the Alpha version of it, not completed or nothing). After a while it started running really slow and crappy so he took it off but i am just wondering if any of you use it or have heard about it. :p

Replies Hexer Posted at 4:35 pm on July 15, 2005 I use a multi boot setup, with linux mandrake (now mandriva) and windows XP, so I can choose which to load. I prefer linux for work, but need windows for my games, and the internet (at least for now, I know someone who can write me a driver for my modem :P) Even still there will be a point were xp is no longer supported, or barley with reduced features. I care little for windows office too, squirellplayingtag Posted at 10:41 am on July 15, 2005 I'm not buying it. Reason: XP will still be supported for several more years from atleast non-microsoft companys. I don't need microsoft office, that's what open office is for. Linux is making great development strides, I have confident that I will have no need for windows in a couple of years. The only reason now is games, and most of the games I play work on Cedega anyway. Hexer Posted at 10:33 am on July 15, 2005 Quote: from BrentMH at 5:43 pm on July 15, 2005 Ive got Windows Longhorn on my laptop...Longhorn is going to be the final name... So that is the new name we will all grow to hate   but we'll have to buy it as new software will need it   BrentMH Posted at 9:43 am on July 15, 2005 Ive got Windows Longhorn on my laptop...Longhorn is going to be the final name... Hexer Posted at 6:36 am on July 13, 2005 Quote: from PiXiE at 3:04 am on May 21, 2003 trying an alpha version of an os sounds too risky to me. If it is by microsoft, its dangerous to have a new release. Always full of bugs. I think its safer to wait a little, and let their error reporting systems collect data, then you a little time after release, you can at least get patches for the serious bugs. Squee77 Posted at 6:15 pm on June 26, 2005 f*** microsoft they just release a new operating system and they want us to pay for another 300$ only for an os bs. i am going to stick around with my windows xp go ahead i dont care if you buy it or not. In my opinion you'll be sorry if you get longhorn. ckings6056 Posted at 6:02 am on June 18, 2005 Quote: from sexy soph at 2:35 pm on June 3, 2005 I've heard that it's made by microsoft...........well as a lot of people know that anything made by Microsoft  Is .........................."Going to CRASH"     lol well considering its a new version of windows of course its fucking made by microsoft..... sexy soph Posted at 6:35 am on June 3, 2005 I've heard that it's made by microsoft...........well as a lot of people know that anything made by Microsoft  Is .........................."Going to CRASH"     lol hollister 59 Posted at 6:39 am on April 9, 2005 yes, i believe i have heard of it once but i heard it will probably be exceptionally crappy. but from my point of view i have no clue lol. ckings6056 Posted at 2:02 pm on April 3, 2005 Quote: from dickie409 at 8:21 am on April 3, 2005 Dont know if this point has been made, cuase i havn't read any of the post but bythe time longhorn comes out 10.4 maybe 10.5 will come out for mac.  Also a lot of longhorn has been slimmed down because the developers couldn't do a bunch of stuff. doesnt suprise me dickie409 Posted at 11:21 pm on April 2, 2005 Dont know if this point has been made, cuase i havn't read any of the post but bythe time longhorn comes out 10.4 maybe 10.5 will come out for mac.  Also a lot of longhorn has been slimmed down because the developers couldn't do a bunch of stuff. ckings6056 Posted at 4:08 pm on Mar. 26, 2005 Quote: from sexy frosh at 5:25 pm on Jan. 29, 2005 i heard about and i also heard of the day of it's launch being in the press. but that info i can't tell u . i also seem to think that when everyone installs it the hackers are going 2 crash it the same day.   i personally work on both macs and windows but my windows tower keep fragmenting so much that they slow down a lot meaning i hate them love the mac it don't crash     all my windows based systems are fine. i dont like macs personally. sexy frosh Posted at 9:25 am on Jan. 29, 2005 i heard about and i also heard of the day of it's launch being in the press. but that info i can't tell u . i also seem to think that when everyone installs it the hackers are going 2 crash it the same day. i personally work on both macs and windows but my windows tower keep fragmenting so much that they slow down a lot meaning i hate them love the mac it don't crash     sriehl Posted at 9:15 am on Jan. 29, 2005 Quote: from squirellplayingtag at 1:16 pm on Jan. 27, 2005 Quote: from sriehl at 9:15 pm on Jan. 25, 2005 Qemu will run in windows and boot an image be it a floppy image, cd live image, or hard drive.   Have you tried it or know anyone that has tried it? Yeah, I've used it with DSL (damn small linux, a 50meg live debian distro)  and it works fine.  It is a little slower because you are running windows underneith it but you can't avoid that. I have not tried it with a hard disk image because I can just run dsl from an iso file. (Edited by sriehl at 10:17 am on Jan. 29, 2005) squirellplayingtag Posted at 9:08 am on Jan. 29, 2005 Yup, but the conversation has moved along and wasn't bumped by worthless turds. Most recent 15 of 67 previous replies displayed.