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[Bonbon]

23rd March 2004 21:33

Next Version of Windows expected to have big Hardware needs

Quote:

Information technology managers are beginning to determine how their future plans can accommodate Microsoft Corp.'s next major upgrade of Windows, code named Longhorn, slated for release in 2006.

One question with major implications for agency upgrade plans is: What hardware will be able to handle Longhorn? Microsoft officials say they will answer that question in May, when they are scheduled to meet in Seattle with PC hardware manufacturers.

In the meantime, industry analysts are predicting that Longhorn will need every bit of the power and processing capacity of the average desktop computer in 2006. Some say that could mean a 5 GHz microprocessor, 2G of main memory, a PCI Express bus and a widescreen display. The desktop would also likely need a constant Internet connection. br>
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http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004...3-03-22-04.asp

bs in my humble opinion:puke:

jmke	23rd March 2004 21:49

indeed bull :)

neb1211

25th March 2004 05:37

From the beta's that I downloaded off of my msdn account I will tell you that Longhorn is going to need a high end system to run smoothly. It doesn't even run all that great on my main rig and I have a p4 2.53ghz with 1.5gb of ram. It runs like crap. Most of the time explorer.exe uses 50% or more of the cpu cycles.

piotke

25th March 2004 05:57

crappy coding then ! :)

FreeStyler

25th March 2004 08:00

Also why it's called a beta probably.

Vulk	25th March 2004 16:09

Who cares anyway? Microsoft will not release it before the avarage computer is fast enough for running it. And besides, most computers here ar a bit faster then the avarage ones.

Carlito

5th April 2004 19:23

By then linux will be better than windows. No need for Bill anymore :feesten: :banana: .

Sarcastro

6th April 2004 10:57

I went to a MS lecture in the neths this friday. The microsoft dude there said the minimum specs would be a 1.3ghz 256mb and a dx7.1 vid card. Normal specs would be a 2ghz proc, 512mb and a dx9.0 capable vidcard. But since it's supposed to come out at 2006 he also said that it might change some, but not drastically.

RichBa5tard

6th April 2004 12:22

Hmmm...

Even with a very powerful PC (AMD @ 2.4Ghz, 2*256mb bh5, ...), I don't use WinXP, KDE (linux with win look) or GNome (linux with mac look), but XFCE4: a very minimalistic destop manager.

I'm not waiting for a sluggish desktop manager to arrive, :)

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