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Originally posted by Refalm:
That black stuff was a pretty good idea, but the latest Longhorn build proves what kind of idiot the designers at Microsoft are.
It was only temporary in that very early build. There hasn't been a leaked build yet with Aero enabled so the UI won't look nearly as good as it will when it's finished.
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Originally posted by WMD:
Oh...why did the build number (3718) decrease? Can they not count? :confused:
How stupid are you? That's like someone showing you a picture of Windows 95 and you're thinking it's newer than 98.
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Originally posted by solarflare:
Why do Microsoft make everything look complicated??
It looks complicated? It's the same fucking interface except for a bar on the side. If you honestly think that is complicated, I hope you never work with anything more complex than a toaster because you'll just be lost
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Originally posted by solarflare:
Longshit looks crap - not even anti-aliasing on the text under the icons!
Again, Aero has not been enabled on any leaked builds yet. Save your bullshit for the release.
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Originally posted by solarflare:
Mac OS X has nothing to fear from this crap!
You're right. Mac OS X is already a piece of shit. The only place it can go is up
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Originally posted by MindFlyer-Paladin9:
I am still unclear as to if longhorn will be totally dependent on the internet and if there will be a monthly/yearly fee to keep using it.
That rumor was destroyed by Microsoft a year or so ago.
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Originally posted by Refalm:
The whole GUI isn't logically build, and it's hard to get work done.
"logically build"? Well, for one, your grammar sucks. Two, the UI is the same as Windows XP but with a side-bar. Third and last of all, It's an ALPHA release. You shouldn't even consider trying to do work on ANYTHING ALPHA.
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Originally posted by Refalm:
All Longhorn is, is a Windows XP skin with a .NET toolbar and a modded explorer.exe and crappy effects that are fun for a while, but which you want to disable anyway to get work done faster.
It's not just XP with a skin. You, sir, are very ignorant and miss-informed. Most of the changes have been done behind the scenes. Explorer is not just "modded"; it's a complete re-write in C#. The effects are just kind of there from XP. Aero and Aero Glass will give a programmer the ability to fully accelerate the UI's graphics with the gpu but those are not yet enabled in the leaked builds.
Again, while there are reasons to hate Microsoft, a leaked ALPHA release of an OS several years away from a full release is just not one of them.
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Originally posted by xeen:
Don't forget more DRM
It won't be as extensive as you're implying.
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Originally posted by yourmom:
Reporter: "So Mr.Gates, what are you going to call your new OS?"
Gates:"Win FS, for Windows File System."
Ignorance strikes again! The new OS is currently codenamed "Longhorn". WinFS is VERY different. WinFS will make searching, finding and organizing files a lot easier than anything currently available for Windows, Apple or Linux.
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Originally posted by yourmom:
Reporter:"How do you come up with these sexy names?"
Gates:"Well, it's really kind of a random thing. Longhorn was kind of random too."
The codenames are not random. The names for APi and certain Microsoft made "technologies" are pretty much self-explanatory. They have pretty decent names that tell you exactly what it is. The code names created by Microsoft (Longhorn, Whidbey, Orcas, Whistler) are names of areas (those are actually areas in the mountains I believe).
I’m not trying to say Windows is the best OS and Microsoft rules, I’m just a little perturbed at the ignorance on this forum. If you’re going to rant about something Microsoft has done, at least do it intelligently and not blindly ignorant like this thread.
[ May 04, 2004: Message edited by: Kasracer ]
