Longhorn Renamed Windows Vista

[Madmanmcp]

For those of you interested here is the Website with the information

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx

[cajunman4life]

Thanks for the info. Meanwhile, I don't intend to upgrade. Once support for XP expires, I'll fully switch to Linux (have 5 of 7 pc's running it now, and only keep XP because support for it hasn't ended yet). Just my stance on the matter.

[stevevan]

Bob: Have you heard any advantages / disadvantages on it?

[TCH-Thomas]

Bob:  Have you heard any advantages / disadvantages on it?

I read one preview with advantages & disadvantages today in a swedish pc magazine but it was translated. Here is the original english one I think.

[stevevan]

At first read, it sounds like XP in a fancier package. Thanks, Thomas!

[Deverill]

I read the title of this thread and thought about the headline fark.com has on it:

"Longhorn is now Vista. If you understand this headline, cripes, go outside"

 

That means most of us should be elsewhere right now, eh?

[lightman]

On a side note, Microsoft could face a preemptive lawsuit by Vista Software for trademark infringement :

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/busi...crovista23.html

 

That said, Longhorn (err, Vista ) looks like a prettified XP to me. It'll prolly have the same (inexistent) security, will be even more bloated, and moreover it will have (or it is supposed to have) built in DRM, and I foresee *a lot* of problems with it...

 

I just hope Apple will have the intel machines ready by the time Vista comes out (or at least by the time w2k will reach its end-of-life)...

[Madmanmcp]

See if this helps Steve. Sorry I am late getting back, I was going to search for it and later it slipped my mind till today.

 

h_tp://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_beta1_01.asp