[MeesterKu]

I must admit that I've only seen a few screenshots of an alpha version of Longhorn and I'm 'nay'ing right now. From what I could see from the screenshots, it's no different from XP, save having a bizarre stylised system clock and a menu bar on the right that is the size of a small third world country. Now, I have no idea about the specs behind the OS, but in terms of looks, I'm not too happy.

Anyone with a more 'informed' (or even hands on) view care to tell us if we should be excited?

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MeesterKu

[XxStichesxX]

doing anying beta for microsoft is like automaticly formating ur computer so dont even try to see whats it like other then that i herd that its sapost to improve gaming capablitys

[moog774]

The Alpha builds are buggy and very slow, but from what I have read this op sys is not going to be backwards compatable with what we all use now..

[Judas]

.... from what i can tell from "using it", the screenshots aren't protraying it's capabilities at all..... can't make any judgement off of it.... as every build (that's more then +15) adds new features... There is no beta version out at all yet, still WAY alpha.....

[Gardinen]

The way Longhorn looks may not be what it will look like in 2005, when it's predicted to be released.
M$ will maybe get out with a whole new GUI. Just the way they did with Windows 3.11 to Windows 95.
And 10 years of using the Start Meny concept, it maybe is a bit old stuff.

It would though be nice to if Microsoft did design a whole new GUI concept.

Also, Longhorn will be using Directx 9 features. Some are saying that it won't be able to be used on non-dx9 gfxcards. But in the time of 2005, almost every computer will have graphiccards with DirectX 9 support. That is what Microsoft have been saing.

But Longhorn may be delayed as well.