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[XeNoToSs]

new windows version comes out 2006? its called windows version long horn? i dunno.... do u know something about this?

[zzzzz]

Windows longhorn is a memory hog, it uses 120mb of memory compared to the 15-20mb Windows XP uses

[icedragn]

zzzzz, on Dec 7 2004, 03:30 AM, said:

Windows longhorn is a memory hog, it uses 120mb of memory compared to the 15-20mb Windows XP uses

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

....its in beta, you cant *BLEEP* about a program that hasnt been released yet because you dont know what optimizations are to come. Howver my last look at longhorn was well... i didnt like the look but we will see what is to come it has a ways to go yet and wont be released for a good while. Will it be another windows xp(flagship os)? or another windows me (flop).

[baosen]

You can registry as a BETA tester on microsoft.com. Search for a email and wait for reply.

[OpaQue]

zzzzz, on Dec 7 2004, 09:00 AM, said:

Windows longhorn is a memory hog, it uses 120mb of memory compared to the 15-20mb Windows XP uses

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I hope you are in your senses, I install windows and check my ram indicator! daMN.. I was wondering where did my 160 mb go. So windows XP does take a *BLEEP* load of resources. And it is a general rule that as operating system progress, they do take increased amount of resources. But they also give that much of stability, reliability, performance etc. in return. Don't believe me, Start off with DOS to Windows XP and see for yourself.

[googlue]

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I hope you are in your senses, I install windows and check my ram indicator! daMN.. I was wondering where did my 160 mb go. So windows XP does take a *BLEEP* load of resources.

I agree with that. On my machine, WinXP takes nearly 100 MB of memory at this moment...
Win98 was taking hardly 15-20 MB. Probably that was what zzzzz was referring to?

[cse-icons]

yeah heard of it..
They are supposedly overhauling the filesystem. Its called WinFS.
Also, it was supposed to be released a lot earlier but has been getting delayed..

lets c what ms gets out this time....

more details at:


http://www.zdnetindi...ries/92395.html

[hansley]

Does anyone know the official release date of Longhorn?
It's taking forever!!!!!
Btw, does anyone know what is the improvements of Longhorn over XP?

[antitrust]

....its in beta, you cant *BLEEP* about a program that hasnt been released yet because you dont know what optimizations are to come. Howver my last look at longhorn was well... i didnt like the look but we will see what is to come it has a ways to go yet and wont be released for a good while. Will it be another windows xp(flagship os)? or another windows me (flop).

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Edited by googlue, 12 December 2004 - 04:26 PM.

[antitrust]

....its in beta, you cant *BLEEP* about a program that hasnt been released yet because you dont know what optimizations are to come. Howver my last look at longhorn was well... i didnt like the look but we will see what is to come it has a ways to go yet and wont be released for a good while. Will it be another windows xp(flagship os)? or another windows me (flop).

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Edited by googlue, 12 December 2004 - 04:27 PM.

[icedragn]

OpaQue, on Dec 7 2004, 03:23 PM, said:

I hope you are in your senses, I install windows and check my ram indicator! daMN.. I was wondering where did my 160 mb go. So windows XP does take a *BLEEP* load of resources.  And it is a general rule that as operating system progress, they do take increased amount of resources. But they also give that much of stability, reliability, performance etc. in return.  Don't believe me, Start off with DOS to Windows XP and see for yourself.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Cant compare that, DOS has no gui or anything, so of course it wont be any such thing as a memory hog. Also, if you know how to tweak xp then you wont be losing much memory at all, my system gennerally uses ~60mb ram, but now that I am using IIS for web development and testing my scripts well i us about 70-80 on average. Just disable all services you dont need and eliminate crap out of the task bar... very simple. For anyone wishing to tweak xp, i HIGHLY reccomend www.blackviper.com he has a sweet list telling you what you can disable and explaining what it does and why you wouldnt need it

[Casanova]

I wouln't be surprized if the retail version of longhorn does take at least 128mb RAM to run properly, even without all those new fancy menu bars and eye candy.

[no9t9]

XP already runs like *BLEEP* on 128mb of memory. On XP you need atleast 196mb to run without always swapping to the hard drive. I suspect long horn will be the same if not more. Has anyone actually tried long horn yet? I was going to donwload it but didn't want to put it on my computer because it is probably more buggy than XP.

[joshua132]

I have used Longhorn build 4074. I wasn't too impressed, but it is still in beta... WinFS should be a nice improvement.
For your Longhorn Needs: Windows SuperSite

[Someone]

Until 2006 we can't say if is good or not

[krap]

has anybody got a screenshot of it?

[XeNoToSs]

joshua132, on Dec 12 2004, 12:45 PM, said:

I have used Longhorn build 4074. I wasn't too impressed, but it is still in beta... WinFS should be a nice improvement.
For your Longhorn Needs: Windows SuperSite

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

krap.................... read god dammit

krap, on Dec 14 2004, 08:22 AM, said:

has anybody got a screenshot of it?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

scroll donw until u see gallery or w/e its a bunch of links

[JSonicC]

Firstly - Longhorn comes with new PCs due to its anti piracy interogration, you cant do anything illegal on it, allthough im sure there will be holes and people who will crack it all.

Secondly - Of course its going to hog more ram, if it didn't you wouldnt need to go buy ram

[Thunder]

I have tried all the longhorns. But it has way to many bigs to try now so i dont suggest just any old person to just go and mess with it unless you just want to look on how it looks like. Most programs are not able to be installed yet either. So just get a transformation pack and style xp to transform the looks into it.

[Vador2003]

i am looking foreward to longhorn......i just read yesterday that the main features of longhorn like the new menuebars and WinFS and WinFX will also be made available for windows xp so i am gonna stick with that until longhorn is out for a while.....and also has microsoft set an exact date on when it will be released of do they still say somewhere in 2006?

[stevey]

Hey i know everything there is to know about longhorn, i have actually atempted to install it twice, on my computer and both times i managed to completely ruin my computer, it messed up my hard disk, and jus to mention to all of you, longhorn is not due for release any time soon, it wont be released in 2006 chances are its due for the earliest 2007 and most probably some date like 2010 or 2009, but i could tellyou this much, it has a really sleek design, definately sexy, it outdoes xp in alot of ways, guess we will just have to cross our fingers and see.

[Thunder]

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Hey i know everything there is to know about longhorn, i have actually atempted to install it twice, on my computer and both times i managed to completely ruin my computer, it messed up my hard disk, and jus to mention to all of you, longhorn is not due for release any time soon, it wont be released in 2006 chances are its due for the earliest 2007 and most probably some date like 2010 or 2009, but i could tellyou this much, it has a really sleek design, definately sexy, it outdoes xp in alot of ways, guess we will just have to cross our fingers and see.

I have installed it a few times once a new release comes out but never managed to crash my hard drive though.....

[Final)arkJon]

i have an athlon 64mb chip and ive been waiting for this guys for a long time, how do i get the beta? is it good? better than the xp i have now with sp2 or no?

[mahesh2k]

well longhorn is an attempt of microsoft to beat apple mac os x
what u think they are staeling it from aopen source too so they are thieves
man longhorn will need so many service apcks

[maddog39]

Well either way its not going to happen. The way windows is and the mac is, they just cant and wont beat OS X.