11-19-2003, 04:23 PM
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Longhorn
What exactly does everyone know about MS's next "big thing", Longhorn? Has anyone here seen it in real life? What do we know about WinFS?
Furthermore, who gets pre-release copies of it? How can I get one? :lol:
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11-19-2003, 06:12 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2004
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We have started a Microsoft Student Community at my university, and Microsoft said they'll supply us with the latest Longhorn release  (+ Whidbey and ASP 2.0) - sweeet! |
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11-19-2003, 07:32 PM
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Maybe I should apply! It's only a few thousand miles away...
More questions:
What's the difference between Avalon, WinFS, and Indigo?
Just found this on LonghornBlogs.com:
"Lately, I've been innundated with e-mails from people asking for copies of Longhorn. I'd love to respond individually, but I figured it would probably be a good idea to let everyone know all at once.
The version of Longhorn currently being distributed is a “Developer Preview”, and is a pre-beta release. It is meant to be, for now, just that, a preview for developers. In many cases, it is very unstable. A beta is not scheduled to begin until Spring/Summer 2004.
If you would like to be on the beta at that time, your best bet would be to visit http://www.betaplace.com and sign in using your .NET Passport. When prompted, enter the GuestID 'BetaReq' and then go to the Potential Testers program, and fill out their application.
I will keep the e-mails that I have, and forward them to the proper people when the beta comes around. That's about the only thing you can do, besides purchasing a MSDN subscription and ordering it from MSDN.
*shrugs* sorry guys. If anything else comes along, I'll keep you posted." |
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11-19-2003, 09:19 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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MSDN Subscribers can get the current "pre-alpha" release. So did attendess of PDC03. Thing is, it's still so early in it's stages and so much will change, that you can't really say a whole lot about it yet.
- Aaron
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11-19-2003, 11:10 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Heh heh heh, I love my dad's MSDN subscription.... I think I'll wait until he gets the beta to try installing it though, Windows can be unstable enough in the full release version...
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11-19-2003, 11:23 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by David Prahl
Maybe I should apply! It's only a few thousand miles away...
More questions:
What's the difference between Avalon, WinFS, and Indigo?
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I was at a .NET usergroup meeting a couple of weeks ago, and if I remember correctly Avalon is the visual part of the OS (graphics etc.), WinFS is the File System part (FS  ) and Indigo is the communication part. This is of course a very rough description.
And David, you are of course welcome to join our group if you ever enroll at NTNU |
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11-23-2003, 04:48 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Sep 2003
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www.neowin.net < they have a forum which has a sticky ALL about lonhorn/winFS/Avalon/Aero ect
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11-25-2003, 03:13 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Re: Longhorn
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Originally Posted by David Prahl
What exactly does everyone know about MS's next "big thing", Longhorn?
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Well, it will be huge to install, around twice the harddrive space of our 'current' release, it will devour RAM like crazy, and it wont be released until Q2-04. Seeing that they are crurrently still on pre-beta, i'd say it wont be out until Q3-04, or maybe even Q4-04.
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Furthermore, who gets pre-release copies of it? How can I get one? :lol:
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If i tell you that, i'll have to kill you. ;p So david, how is your new PC? is it up and running? |
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11-25-2003, 05:50 PM
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Re: Longhorn
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Originally Posted by Maximus
Seeing that they are crurrently still on pre-beta, i'd say it wont be out until Q3-04, or maybe even Q4-04.
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I though MS was saying 2006?
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Furthermore, who gets pre-release copies of it? How can I get one? :lol:
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If i tell you that, i'll have to kill you. ;p So david, how is your new PC? is it up and running? |
It'd be worth it! Yes, I have my brand new PC up and running. It's SO nice to have a fast computer again! Black aluminum case, big window on the side with a 4-color LED fan, blue cold cathode tube...
I only ( :lol: ) have 512 MB of DDR 400 installed right now - probably double it before I go off to school. The specs right now are:
-ASUS P4S800 mobo (8x AGP, 800 MHz FSB, DDR 400)
-P4 @ 2.6 GHz with Hyperthreading (faster than a non-HT 2.8)
-512 MB DDR RAM @ 400 (PC3200)
-Decent video card and 7200 rpm hard drive
Now I just need an impressive name for it.....hmmm... |
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11-28-2003, 01:59 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Jul 2003
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nice! the video card, did you go with ATI or NVIDIA?
p.s. sorry about the wrong years mentioned above, typing on this small PPC screen can be very distracting  |
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