|
|||||||
 |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Rate Thread | Display Modes |
12-09-2003, 08:26 AM
|
#1 |
|
Member (8 bit)
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Rock Hill, SC
Posts: 188
    |
Windows Longhorn
Hello all. I have a question regarding the new Windows Longhorn. I've seen numerous people that have it. Is there anyway that I can have windows longhorn? I'd like to know!
__________________
| Dimension Series | Intel P4 Pentium Processor at 2.4GHz | 1GB DDR PC2700 333MHz | 22" Samsung Display | 320GB HDD | |
|
|
|
12-09-2003, 09:07 AM
|
#2 |
|
Professional gadfly
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 6,364
|
Apparently it is for sale for about two bucks in Malaysia. Going that route probably isn't a good idea.
 Any reason in particular that you want it? AFAIK, it is still in early design, and big chunks (like the new file system) haven't been completed yet. So it is basically Windows XP with a few visual tweaks. It is not really worth having for any purpose other than to look at it, or test it if you are a tester. |
|
|
|
|
12-09-2003, 09:50 AM
|
#3 |
|
Member (14 bit)
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada
Posts: 9,138
|
Start here: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/
FYI, Longhorn is a 64 bit OS, meaning that unless you've got all 64 bit hardware, it's (currently) a waste of space. Fancy GUI on top of the basic XP OS so far, with a few 64 bit goodies thrown in. Don't expect a working retail version until at least 2005, and by then most of us will actually have 64 bit hardware to run it. |
|
|
|
|
12-09-2003, 10:14 AM
|
#4 | |
|
Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Mexico
Posts: 1,049
|
Quote:
__________________
Computer: 486 Ram: 8 MB CD Rom: None OS: Windows 3.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
12-09-2003, 01:58 PM
|
#5 |
|
Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 1,729
|
When did Longhorn become a 64bit only OS. M$ partners have been assured it will not be a 64bit OS but that there will be a 64bit version available. All alpah builds I have seen have no 64bit support whatsoever.
__________________
Better to use a Mac and be THOUGHT a fool, than to use Windows and REMOVE ALL DOUBT |
|
|
|
|
12-09-2003, 04:23 PM
|
#6 |
|
Member (14 bit)
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada
Posts: 9,138
|
Mine has 64 bit support...
|
|
|
|
|
12-09-2003, 05:19 PM
|
#7 |
|
Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 1,729
|
Which build you got? Does it just include some 64bit extentions?
|
|
|
|
|
12-10-2003, 09:30 AM
|
#8 |
|
Member (14 bit)
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada
Posts: 9,138
|
No 64 bit extentions yet. Can't tell the build number
|
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|
Linear Mode
