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Minimum Requirements for Longhorn
WMD:
Mandrake 10 should be faster than 9...and KDE is slow, that's probably part of it.
T-Wood:
it really doesnt matter how fast longhorn is going to be. Its gonna slow down after you intstall programs anyway. I mean windows xp starts out fine but about 2 - 6 weeks later the system is so clogged up with BS that it runs like an ugreased motor. Remeber this is microsoft, their history of screw ups kinda speaks for itself.
trickslider:
re: min specs for longhorn....
i'm running longhorn 4053 on my test machine.
it runs more than adequately on a pentium 2 450Mhz, with 256MB RAM. it takes a while to boot up (3-4 mins) but i can reduce that by disabling WinFS. As for the claims of 3Ghz, thats probably just the result of incestuous backscratching between intel and MS. hope this info is useful
PseudoRandomDragon:
You are right about computers not making much progress in speed because of these bloated OSes. That is why I ran Win98SE for as long as I did. It crashed a shitload, but less privacy concerns involved and greater speed given my computer kept me with it. When I double click a folder, it opened immediately. Win2kPro, hah, I must wait half a second for a folder to open. Why? All the graphic shit they put in it. Faster computers every day, but being bogged down by shit I don't need.
Thank God for Mandrake. The Mandrake GUI (KDE) gets faster with new releases while Windows gets slower.
It is only going to get worse though. Man, I am just going to laugh at all the useless graphic shit they have in Long&hardHorn.
P.S.: Yeah, I turned off the graphic shit in Win2k. Still doesn't compare to 98 or KDE with the same specs.
Topdawg2050:
Isnt there a law that says noone can have a commercial monopoly over anything. Microsoft would be considered a monopoly wouldent it? I would happily convert to Linux, but none of my favorite programs would be compatible. If linux had that compatibility issue worked out i would convert instantly!
BTW Trickslider: I'll be willing to buy that test version off of you
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