(Computer Buffs) Microsoft - Longhorn

[kerrywins]

Can someone tell me (in dumbed down terms) why/if Microsoft's next operating system (Longhorn) will be better than what we have now?

[Florida_Geek]

1. Was 2000 a thousand times better than NT

Was XP a thousand times better than 2000..

Or were you like me wondering when they were going to fix things...

[Wickerman]

2. Remember when Windoze 95 was going to be a true Windows Platform?

Then Win 98 was going to correct the errors of 95.

ME, for 98

XP for ME

I really want to start using Mandrake

[aePrime]

3. Windows

The biggest newest best feature that Longhorn was supposed to host was its new file searching and indexing capabilities in something MS calls WinFS. Last week MS announced that that will be dropped from Longhorn and will not intially ship with the product.

MS's security advisor also said that MS's initial 2 year security plan (meaning, to make Windows secure), is more like a 10 year plan, so don't expect the security in Longhorn to be much better.

Given this, I don't know if there are going to be a lot of grand improvements over some eye-candy.

I'm a graduate computer science student with a B.S. in C.S. I only run Linux and Mac OS X at home, but I used Windows all summer at work. Aside from the fact that Mac's cost more, I'd advise everybody to switch to one. They used to be the platform of the artsy types, but OS X is based on BSD (Unix), and is secure and stable, meaning many computer geeks, like me, are switching over. It's also pretty and easy to use, so computer neophytes need not fear.

Ironically enough, the next version of Mac OS X, coming out in October, I believe, will have many of the searching and indexing capabilities that Longhorn was supposed to have.

[Zech Marquis]

4. to be honest and serious

I don't know WHAT Longhorn will have now--M$ has been dropping alot of the big headline features to make their deadline, more recently the Winows File System, the Aavalon graphics and the messenging stuff (forgot the name offhand for the moment). And these were going to be the main selling points.

So in an honest answer my friend, I don't know what to tell you...:shrug:

[Berserker]

5. Palladium is just one of the reasons Long Horn

Policeware Sucks http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/4520-6033_16-4207427.html here is another about XP http://www.hevanet.com/peace/microsoft.htm

[TrogL]

6. It won't

They had to shitcan all the fancy bells and whistles (like the new file system) because they couldn't make it work. They don't even have a firm release date.