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Longhorn?
RaZoR1394:
Longhorn will definitely be more stable than XP. If you look at the WDC Longhorn presentations where they compare XP to Longhorn you will understand why. There will be a lot of changes to the GUI, network systems, programming abilities etc. Still there won't be much difference all-in-all. The operating system will also use NGSCB so I wouldn't touch it even with a claw. Except that Longhorn will probably use a lot more resources than XP. Gentoo works fine for me and I'm not forced to upgrade hardware.
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: bedouin ---I'm hoping Longhorn finally puts a nail in the Windows coffin, causing people to look at other alternatives to keep their machines up to date.
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Sadly most people won't bother, they'll either be pushed into Longhorn or just stick with XP, both my work and college have stuck with Windows 2000.
--- Quote from: bedouin ---Computing has really reached the point where one can easily say, "1gz is good enough for almost anyone." If you're running a sensible OS, not dictated by corporate pressure to sell more hardware
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I agree.
--- Quote from: bedouin --- -- such as Linux, I see no reason one couldn't keep a machine in service for ten years -- or longer.
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I'd like to see someone try to install a modern graphical distribution of Linux on hardware 10 years old. :D
--- Quote from: bedouin ---This is the reality Microsoft is going to have to face, so expect their lock-in tactics to become much more fierce. The relevancy of the traditional OS maker is diminishing quickly.
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I think Microsoft are going to find it increasingly difficult to sell their new operating systems. Windows 2000 has been so stable compared to their 9x/ME series that lots of people and organizations are happy with it and have decided against XP.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---I'd like to see someone try to install a modern graphical distribution of Linux on hardware 10 years old. :D
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Last year, I installed Mandrake 10.0 Community onto our abandoned ~10 year old computer. It worked pretty good, well, better, and faster than Windows 98 did on the same computer. Although, I must admit, there was quite alot of RAM in that computer (I took I think 128mb from our Gateway computer).
Aloone_Jonez:
Lot's of old machines are fine after a RAM upgrade, what processor was it?
Lead Head:
I managed to get suse 9.1 Free edition to run on my brothers old PC with 96 MB of SIMM ram, K-6 233 MHz, and a Hercules 3D Prophet 4000 XT PCI. For some reason win XP is running faster on his machine that Suse did.
Also i got 768 MB of PC2100 Ram, so i might be able to run longhorn without MUCH lag. Anyways there is always overclocking
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