Tom's Hardware: Topic The Road to Windows "Longhorn" Part Two
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Well read the article. Doesn't seem like a heck of a lot is comming out. Right now I'd say it was just the next release of Windows XP.
Getting rid of drive letters doesn't impress me. Instead of c:\ we now get \c\ ??? or other directory name of your choice? Not much wow factor there.
They seem to be moving the graphics capabilities on nicely.
More bet is it is more marketing hype than anything amazing. Probably some nice solid improvements blown out of proportion. You've absolutely got to get the horn u know! 
The loving are the daring!<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Flinx on 08/12/03 09:58 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
Are we talking about the final release or the alpha version?
Because i think the alpha also needs some minor crackage...
IMO...microsoft is just killing theselves...no matter what if we (enthusiasts) want their product...we will crack it...so far M$ has been pretty weak on their "uncrackable OS's"
Proud owner of DOS 3.3 
just another way microsoft will give the power user less freedom...not seeing system files...ARGH!
Proud owner of DOS 3.3
NAW i am really happy with 2k3...if you are hacking an OS might as well go with that...
I was haven trouble playing games before...but i did some snooping and found that by default direct draw...and all of the features that go with it (direct 3d) were off...so all i had to do was DXdiag and turn em on...and now i can play any game...WOOOOOT!..
Dare i say i like it better than 2k pro...hard to tell...but it is very nice...like an XP without the bloat and without the shity user interface...the "windows" root folder is only 1gb...very close to what it is for 2k...so this is a pretty "lean" os...unlike obease xp
Proud owner of DOS 3.3
| Quote : I simply refuse to pay for any software that is produced by a company who's majority owner is worth over 40 billion. |
So what you're saying is that people who make products that are good enough to sell and make money from should not be allowed to make money by selling their products?
| Quote : Whats going to happen is MS is going to walk themselves right out of market share. |
I soooooo wish that this was true. Somewhere along the way M$ forgot how to actually listen to what their customers want and started instead dictating to us what we want. And that's just silly. So I do hope that they lose market share. Unfortunately I don't really see it happening though. 
| Quote : Drones use MS at work because its easy
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So you're saying that no one who is actually capable of independant thought could have possibly chosen M$ products for a good reason? They must just <i>all</i> be drones.
| Quote : What will happen is someone will create a Unix/Linux Varient that is just as easy to use, when that happens MS is PHUCKED |
<i>IF</i> that ever happened it certainly would make M$'s life much more difficult. I don't see it happening though ... <i>ever</i>. Every Linux user that I've ever met prides themselves on actually knowing the intricacies of Linux. And so long as such intricacies actually exist (and are 99.9% of the time needed at <i>some</i> point in the life of the PC) then Linux will <i>never</i> be as easy to use as Windows. And since <i>everyone</i> (as far as I can tell anyway) prides Linux on these intricacies and in a purist extremism scoff at anyone who even suggests getting rid of them, this will always be the way things are. I personally don't see how Linux could <i>ever</i> be as easy to use as Windows. <i>Not</i> because it is technologically impossible, but because of the mentality of the very people who drive the advancement of Linux in the first place.
Besides, for as cool as Linux is, there are still some things that M$ does better. I have a Mandrake9/Win2K Pro dual boot system at work. I replaced the mouse. (Which also switched from PS2 to USB.) Microsoft asked me to reboot, but even without rebooting the new mouse worked right away, without even having to specify new drivers. Windows had a generic mouse driver that it used as a holdover and worked peachy keen so that I was never without mouse functionality. Linux on the other hand forced me to use the keyboard until I could finally convince it that indeed there was another mouse present already and it'd work just fine if only it tried.
Things like these are trivial in a way, however they can instantly sour and frustrate an inexperienced user. And that's really the point. Linux is based on the concept that users actually have a clue how to use a PC. It always has been and it always will be. Windows however is quite adept at working flawlessly without user intervention. And until basic things like that change for Linux, Windows will <i>always</i> be the first choice for <i>most</i> computer owners.
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