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longhorn isn't even real?

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:05 pm
by Freakaloin
is it just me or does longhorn sound like its just gonna be winxp with better security and a different gui? what do they do over there at microsoft...play xbox all week?...

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:07 pm
by PhoeniX
Well it's the same that XP is basically 2k with more graphics.

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:07 pm
by dmmh
:icon29:

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:09 pm
by sys0p
I don't know what they do at microsoft, but at freakasoft they sit on the internet all day aimlessly crawling through news sites for stories to link on internet forums in a desperate attempt to escape the soul crushing reality that they're a 40 year old jobless bum who lives off the earnings of a woman

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:14 pm
by FragaGeddon
Give him another week or so and he'll die of startvation.

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:30 pm
by seremtan
sys0p wrote:I don't know what they do at microsoft, but at freakasoft they sit on the internet all day aimlessly crawling through news sites for stories to link on internet forums in a desperate attempt to escape the soul crushing reality that they're a 40 year old jobless bum who lives off the earnings of a woman
One shot one kill :lol:

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:31 pm
by Freakaloin
sys0p wrote:I don't know what they do at microsoft, but at freakasoft they sit on the internet all day aimlessly crawling through news sites for stories to link on internet forums in a desperate attempt to escape the soul crushing reality that they're a 40 year old jobless bum who lives off the earnings of a woman
jellus?

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 4:37 pm
by Tormentius
PhoeniX wrote:Well it's the same that XP is basically 2k with more graphics.
Umm....not even close.

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 5:20 pm
by R00k
The file system alone is a major change in the Windows OS.

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 5:27 pm
by Freakaloin
they nix the files system though...

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 6:05 pm
by R00k
They did? When?

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 6:14 pm
by Freakaloin

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 6:19 pm
by andyman
isn't there supposed to be 3d windows? such as you can use the back of a window for other things and such, as well as a 3d desktop?

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 6:47 pm
by R00k
Freakaloin wrote:http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117630,00.asp
aw, what the fuck? that was the whole reason i was looking forward to it. :icon27:

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 6:52 pm
by Freakaloin
thats what i am saying...whats the point?

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 7:06 pm
by duffman91
It's a sales driven market. That's the point. Slap a new logo, make it new and improoved, and a bunch of idiots buy it. What's so difficult to understand?

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 7:08 pm
by R00k
duffman91 wrote:It's a sales driven market. That's the point. Slap a new logo, make it new and improoved, and a bunch of idiots buy it. What's so difficult to understand?
They don't even need a logo, or being new and improved. There are a lot of companies that just budget for OS upgrades as soon as they know they're being released by MS.
Which is completely retarded of course, but there you have it.

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 7:45 pm
by duffman91
Honestly though, alternative operating systems are available at cheaper costs. If there's a demand, they'll produce new versions of windows.

Trying to stop a bunch of idiots is like trying to stop a car with your fist.

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 8:27 pm
by Freakaloin
fuck u...

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 8:38 pm
by Canis
duffman91 wrote:Honestly though, alternative operating systems are available at cheaper costs. If there's a demand, they'll produce new versions of windows.

Trying to stop a bunch of idiots is like trying to stop a car with your fist.
I saw some guy do that in a movie once...I was impressed...

Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 9:19 pm
by Tormentius
duffman91 wrote:It's a sales driven market. That's the point. Slap a new logo, make it new and improoved, and a bunch of idiots buy it. What's so difficult to understand?
Yeah except that hasn't been the case with the last two OS' at all. Both 2K and XP had major improvements in feature-set, user friendliness, policies (XP introduced 300+ new ones over 2k), managability, and security/stability.

Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 4:56 am
by Canidae
sys0p wrote:I don't know what they do at microsoft, but at freakasoft they sit on the internet all day aimlessly crawling through news sites for stories to link on internet forums in a desperate attempt to escape the soul crushing reality that they're a 40 year old jobless bum who lives off the earnings of a woman
All that and without being a pimp. If anyone needs an "organ" donation it's him.

Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 5:02 am
by bitWISE
I'll admit I'm a consumer whore that still looks forward to getting his hands on Longhorn :shrug:

Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 8:34 am
by Doombrain
I’ve got a build of longhorn. It’s still only XP but with bells and whistles