Longhorn to be released 2006

Ok, looks like Microsoft has decided to release their new OS Longhorn in 2006 since it has been to long since the last release of an operating system (Win XP in 2001). So they have tuned down the hardware expectations and will take out some new programms and innovations as a result.
So prominently there will be a new look and a (hopefully) improved code as well as some new features that XP is unable to perform.

For an article, go here:http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5189453.html

Or just search the net, but they all say the same anyway.

So, Longhorn will lose the things that gave it those incredible system requirements. Those features will be implemented in a new project called "Blackcomb".


But Longhorn will have the 3D user interface, there will be an XP update in 2006 that will feature the same.

 

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But Longhorn will have the 3D user interface

I thought that this already existed in the form of a keyboard and a mouse.

 

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Mmh, I think I meant 3D graphic design...

 

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oh ok. How would that work on a flat screen?

 

The same way as on a normal screen I suppose.

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Ok, but in what way is a 3D interface an improvement? I can't think of anything. Or even what it would look like.

 

Don´t know why it is an improvement, but as far as I know, it will look like the normal Windows interface, but you can move the windows and look at them from different angles... The windows interface will no longer be a surface, it will be a cube.

But I do not know what the use of it is...

 

It will . . . be a . . . CUBE? :bugeye: Now that's confusing.

 

Why is that confusing? Normally, the interface you see on the screen is a flat surface, isn´t it? That means it is 2 dimensional, it is defined by height and width. The new interface will add depth, making it 3 dimensional, hence it will be a cube.

 

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I'll bet a 3D interface is much more processor friendly than a 2D interface.

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I miss the good old DOS age where you had to type commands.

 

Well, originally, Longhorn was designed to run on PC with pocessors varying from 6 to 8 GHz, a very high amount of RAM and of course incredible powerful graphic cards.

Bt of course, Win 3.11 would run much faster than XP...

 

They should make a stripped down OS for gaming. A bit like we had DOS for games and Win3.11 for stupid work stuff.

 

In Linux you can change desktop environments. For office work it's flashy and pretty KDE, when system resources are needed (gaming, graphic rendering, etc) load up blackbox or fluxbox which hardly take up anything.

btw- 3D desktop has been in development with nice results on Linux for some time now. When Longhorn will be released I bet that a 3D Linux desktop environment will be released soon. The engine is already almost ready, the looks suck though (ugly colours , etc, but that's just because programmers are shitty designers)

p.s. I don't find 3D desktop conceptpually easier or faster the than 2D one.
(seen screenshots, played with the beta version a bit)

 

is this gggggggg groovy?
methinks it might be. i wanna see 3d displays.

 

ohhh... Maybe they'll put special effects sounds when you click your mouse or try to zoom in or out. Just like the movies. cooool!

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well, you wont be able to zoom to far, otherwise youll start to see all the cracks getting bigger and bigger. hehe.