Windows Longhorn!!!???

[thematrix]

is it true that there is a microsoft OS in development called windows Longhorn?, Apparently a hacker gained access to microsofts server and got hold of a considerable ammount of source code. can any one shed ne light on the rumours?

[Rican_Havock]

here is a link that has some pics of this new windows i can't really tell if it is real...

http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=7249

[Ice-9]

They either have more balls than I thought or they're dumb as shit (I vote for the second possibility)    
This looks even more like a Fisher Price OS than XP did!!

[ December 29, 2002: Message edited by: Ice9 ]

[Fett101]

I don't think that's the theme they're gonna release it with, keep it up with those superficial opinions, and XP I think the whole glossy look makes XP way more Fisher Price. It made it much more plastic looking then those screens.

[solo]

OK we give microsoft credit for being utterly retarded but come on! That is just winblows XP with a new theme and a couple new dialogs. Anybody wanting attention can put that together in VISUAL BASIC or delphi!!! i don't see any proof of a new winblows here.

FUCK MICROSOFT. And yes, it's personal

[Fett101]

Windows hasn't gone through a really major gui change since they put that taskbar thing there. And from the few looks Ive had of Mac Os, they havn't had major Gui changes either. Just sprucing up, tweaks under the hood, and additions not readily seen.

It's easy to claim a new OS is just the old when with a theme when all ya can do is look at it.

[xyle_one]

my guess is that longhorn will be xp, with all the updates & patches, plus some extra "security" features that will inevitably lead to someone deleting your entire hard drive from an html link, or just by you hovering over a file. it will only have one gui to choose from, but they will finally use multiple desktops. it will take 5 gigs to install and require at least 2 gig ddr 2700 & a pentium 5 4.5ghz to even start it. of course you will have to buy a brand new windows license everytime you upgrade the memory or add a hard drive, and that will cost an extra 3000 a year because you will be supporting multiple licenses under one name...dont even think of using anything besides windows media player for media, or microsoft paint for graphics. if they detect soemthing like photoshop on "their" computer, you will be shut down and forced to pay a shitload of money for violating their eula. fuck windows. fuck longhorn.
and uh, mac os has changed dramatically from system 9 to X. im sure someone could explain better than i the difference between classic & osX.

[TheQuirk]

Meh, Longhorn is supposed to have a SQL-based file-system, which is really "neat". Of course, they promised that before, but I think they'll pull through this time.

[Calum]

what is this bollocks? why start a new thread about something so unnewsworthy?

it's just going to be XP with more spyware, similar to what xyle said, and fettucine fred, i think you are either right or wrong, but you know, there's no point reinventing the wheel just like there's no point in rebuying any microsoft product.

[Doctor V]

I'm under the impression that longhorn is going to be alot like XP, but it will be TCPA compliant.  M$ has said that longhorn will require new hardware.  I don't think they are just talkign about hardware with higher specs, it will require a fritz chip.And yes, that will give a heckuvalot of control over your computer to M$ and various other big brothers.  In the name of "security".

[rtgwbmsr]

An analogy for you:
XP is to Longhorn as
Mac OS X 10.1 (w/graphite theme) is to Mac OS X 10.2 (w/colored theme)

In other words, they changed a few things, added a new features, but it will be damn hard to justify the price. I can't wait till people bitch and complain that Longhorn is overpriced!

[ December 29, 2002: Message edited by: The Muffin Man ]