Comments on: Your Old PC Can Run Longhorn Too

By: qwertez

qwertez — Thu, 05 May 2005 00:27:14 +0000

If I upgrade to Longhorn I know one of the first things I will do is disable any of their new features. I don’t want transparent 3D menus or new theme styles. I want a solid OS without my memory being constantly drained on background processes. You may think the bare OS is ugly, but most computers are used for reasons other than to look pretty.

It is not a bad option to have, but Microsoft instead could be devoting these programmers obsessed on the visual interface to more important tasks including much needed security enhancements and greater control over the OS (not meaning the appearance) for experienced users. There are huge chunks of 10+ year old source code still present in the OS so I am hardly suprised Windows is riddled with bugs. I am not going to be surprised when I find that Longhorn’s system folder contains the ancient ‘clock.avi’ file.

It’s time they actually did what they claim to do with every new release – build a new version of Windows by starting over. I am not the only person who isn’t fooled by these screenshots of visual changes. I know they have scrapped WinFS, so what is different? Auto-updates for bugs that should never have existed and a new security centre to mildly protect the computer from people exploiting Windows holes. But I hope Longhorn proves me wrong. I can dream can’t I?

By: LcF

LcF — Tue, 03 May 2005 03:36:06 +0000

Longhorn still is the codename and in pre-beta stage. It will only released at year 2006 or later.

By: thqiah

thqiah — Tue, 03 May 2005 02:39:45 +0000

Won’t want to ugrade untul Longhorn it is more stable. Xp is good enough!! Just for me.

By: LcF

LcF — Tue, 03 May 2005 01:01:56 +0000

@farking: you are offtopic already.

The BlogAds required at least 160px width, and I do not want to make the template width too big that not readable under 800×600, so the column for categories become smaller.

The BlogAds do not need to click. Simply place there and they will pay me.

By: farking

farking — Mon, 02 May 2005 19:27:08 +0000

nice new template LcF. but one thing bothered me is your column for ads is bigger then column for categories,link..etc..it don’t look right..or maybe you want to boost click via the ads?