Longhorn Poll...

[durante]

Hey Mates,
This is a poll about what you think of the next Microsoft release of its OS code-named Longhorn. You can answer the options or just answer your own one, if so please post it to this thread. IMO Longhorn by now seem ugly, cheap, and not an OS I would like to have. I personally dont like the idea of a 3D OS. Why? Because it will be a huge change and it will need a excellent computer to that OS run fine. OS shouldnt be in 3D IMO, thats just bull. No, I dont think MS is going to create an OS that would be spectacular, I at least hope for it, an that it at least beats XP since XP ig good if it werent for the patches and holes. Security is an issue in XP.

durante

[SeanC]

I'm not bothering with it until it's at least into the Release Candidate system. My company would get them through the MSDN subscription.

Sean

im sure you will be able to turn off all the eye candy like in winxp

but i wont upgrade, i will load it up in vmware and play around with it.

[durante]

Originally posted by GroundZero3
im sure you will be able to turn off all the eye candy like in winxp

but i wont upgrade, i will load it up in vmware and play around with it.

Yeah, sure, but whats the point? I want an OS that you dont need to tweak and not turn off anything except necessary stuff. This is why I dont like XP that much, although its an OK OS.

Ms wants to ohhhh and ahhhh the people who dont know much about computers. Give it that friendly look for people trying to get into computers. As technology progresses so will the operating systems pushing the limits of what they are capable of doing

[durante]

Some screenshots from Windows Longhorn latest release (Alpha 4015). Isnt it so ugly and useless. Well IMO it is. Not happy about this release, although still alot of time is left. We just need to wait.
Longhorn (4015) Welcome Screen
Longhorn (4015) Desktop
Longhorn Setup
Already an Error in Longhorn... =(

Pretty sad IMO, this is the wrong way of this OS, please MS work on something else in your OS's that is not the GUI (for example security and stability!) *Jesus*

durante

[durante]

Originally posted by GroundZero3
Ms wants to ohhhh and ahhhh the people who dont know much about computers. Give it that friendly look for people trying to get into computers. As technology progresses so will the operating systems pushing the limits of what they are capable of doing

So well said, they are not thinking about the techies, they are thinking about the norm people to be amazed in the eye-candy...SO sad but true. MS is really dissapointing me right now.

durante

its still in production an error is no uncommon. from the looks it doesnt seem to bad. i dont see where it is 3d tho.

[Droppyale]

It doesnt seem that bad IMO...
and I'm sure we can always customize to our likings...

[durante]

Originally posted by GroundZero3
its still in production an error is no uncommon. from the looks it doesnt seem to bad. i dont see where it is 3d tho.

No in this Alpha pre release its not 3D yet but MS said that Longhorn will probably be a 3D OS when its released. I cant believe you guys like that childish and cheap look of it! Although it a matter of opinion but IMO its crap looking. Its worse than XP I think. And im not going to pay hundreds of bucks again as I did with XP, which IMO is not worth it from 2K.

durante