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Spitfire_x86   03-05-2003 at 01:48:27 AM

<A HREF="http://news.com.com/2100-1012-990912.html?tag=lh " target="_new">http://news.com.com/2100-1012-990912.html?tag=lh </A>


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Stick_e_Mouse   03-05-2003 at 03:22:21 AM
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My school got their hands on a legal alpha version from MS months ago.
I was able to get my hands dirty with it for only a little while, though.

Most of the "new" things I noticed are old news to Linux and Mac OSX users. As mentioned in the article, there is a new "control panel", but it worked and looked very similar to that of the Mac OSX. "Longhorn" also sports "virtual desktops" - something Linux/Unix has had for years. There are other "new" "enhancements", but like I said, it's boring old news for some of us....

Disregard my previous post.
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Stick_e_Mouse   03-05-2003 at 03:24:38 AM
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Oh yeah...

Those obsessed with the way their desktop looks with all the "eye-candy" might be pleased with the look of the next windows. Its in direct competition with Mac's Aqua theme (though I like Mac's better, for now).

Disregard my previous post.
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silverpig   03-05-2003 at 03:26:17 AM
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I still think bluecurve looks pretty sharp.

Some day I'll be rich and famous for inventing a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet.

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dhlucke   03-05-2003 at 04:24:31 AM
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This thing has been floating around for a while now.

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Flamethrower205   03-05-2003 at 04:39:06 AM
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yeah, been around for several months, I just ben too lazy to dl it hehe.

Hilbert space is a big place.

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Eden   03-05-2003 at 05:26:42 AM
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Whoa so let me get this straight, a new file system is coming out?
WinFS? What difference is there from NTFS, as if that one wasn't strong and fast enough?!

Also I see Palladium or at least some of its features are getting integrated.

One thing is, that Longhorn is an outright lie!
What the heck happened to the 3d Windows Longhorn we heard a few months ago and why did they call it Longhorn when it clearly is not 3d now?!


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Stick_e_Mouse   03-05-2003 at 06:33:05 AM
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I don't know what the differences are between those two file systems. I haven't read any data-sheets on them, I just "messed-around" with the OS to see what were the "new" features.

But knowing MS, I wouldn't be surprised if WinFS is some ripoff or varient of the Journaling FS.

Disregard my previous post.
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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by sTiCk_E_mOuSe on 03/04/03 09:34 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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Crashman   03-05-2003 at 10:40:43 AM
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d00d, I was serving, er, I mean I saw someone serving that on a warez channel back when I was still in school! Actually I think it was October? Hehe, the legit sources finally figured it out!

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Eden   03-05-2003 at 06:16:46 PM
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It must've gone through various upgrades since, I assume.

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svol   03-05-2003 at 09:57:29 PM
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Well it already has a blue theme so users wont notice the BSOD anymore.

'Honey, did you change the background?'
'No, why?'
'Well it is only giving weird crap right now'
'I did not do anything, honest!'
'Wait it is restarting now... could it be an hardware error?'


My dual-PSU PC is so powerfull that the neighbourhood dims when I turn it on :eek:

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Grizely1   03-05-2003 at 10:56:15 PM
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Longhorn has been all over the IRC channels, for months....

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Eden   03-06-2003 at 03:52:18 AM
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Again, what a friggin' lie it was to claim it'd be 3d.

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