devilotX Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 I'm going to lean twords XP for now..... Where's Linux on this poll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isus Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 hmm. with all the drm and trusted pc crap i have heard, you can believe that the last windows os you will see me touch will be server 2003. otherwise, im using a mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xplatinum Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 null. Windows 2000 Profesionnal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTamas Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 hmmm....I'm using Longhorn 4029 for everyday use, it works well...I'm using XP _ONLY_ for playing games....er a game...cos Worms Armageddon not running under longhorn ;,( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblivion Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 XP XP XP Rules...Novell isn't that bad too...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 stupid longhorn... neither i use 2000 pro for normal net use etc and xp for games (when i can be bothered to install it) ahhh win2k rulez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfrem Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 From what I've seen of Longhorn so far it looks gaudy and is going over the top re. graphics usage! Hence it'll be processor and graphics intensive and suck up resources away from your applications! I turn off all the fancy, resource grabbing crap in XP and it runs like a dream! The OS should be a base upon which to run your chosen applications, not bloatware wasting processing cycles! Microsoft has gone too far this time! I'm sticking to XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yudi_lks Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Longhorn is heavily loaded with animations and graphic thingies which I believe will require a whole lots new hardware to make sure it walks (not runs) smoothly.. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neostyle Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Longhorn is heavily loaded with animations and graphic thingies which I believe will require a whole lots new hardware to make sure it walks (not runs) smoothly.. :p yeah 5ghz pc with 1gb ram , 256 mb videoram and tcpa enabled hardware :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANova Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Apparently you'll have the option of turning on all the fancy graphics for those who like that sort of stuff. And with the ability to choose you usually also have the option to turn it all off just like in XP. And no, it won't use alot of CPU resources, that's the beauty of the 'Aero' engine. It will however require at least a 128 meg graphics card (ie. a high grade card of today like that of the 9600 Pro) but in two years those types of cards won't be very expensive anyways. As for the original question. I might change to Longhorn eventually. After I review it and see what it has to offer in the form of performance/features/security. If it offers a nice enough change from XP, like XP offered over win 98, then i'll get it. If not then i'll stick to XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nights Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Longhorn is heavily loaded with animations and graphic thingies which I believe will require a whole lots new hardware to make sure it walks (not runs) smoothly.. :p It doesn't matter if it'll require CPU grunt or not, tell me you'll still be using the same computer that you are now to run it when it comes out in 2005. I think not. Most computers now will most likely be a complete POS by that time. WindowsXP ran fine on mid-range systems when it was released, there's no reason to think that Longhorn won't run fine either. And you honestly think a OS will require new graphics hardware to run smoothly? I think not. A Geforce2 could run WinXP blazingly fast when it came out. A Radeon 9800 Pro (which will be similar to what the GF2 was like when WinXP came out) will most likely run Longhorn super fast. And tell me in 2005 you won't have a Radeon 10000+ :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudEngineer Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Once longhorn goes final, sure bye bye Windows XP, untill then ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinhead Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Neowin's T&C's: "For clarity we show zero tolerance for spam, advertising, useless and off topic posts, raising post count, warez (links) & cracks and aiding this; " a) Longhorn has not been released to the general public for testing, ie: people who have it have downloaded from a questionable source b) As a result, this thread is useless c) The thread is about what amounts to warez d) Whats the point of this - release date is over 2 years in the future - anyone who knows anything about software knows that alpha releases are NOTHING like what the RTM version is like. Just my input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecander Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Longhorn sucks , long live 3.1 long live 1.0 it looked just like the original Mac OS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac15 Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 um...longhorn is in late alpha stages... no where near being a final OS. XP gets my vote... also, im never gonna use longhorn unless i need to. XP is my last windows operating system, my next computer will be a mac. thats the most beatiful thing any XP user has ever said :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premgenius Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 For me not yet as it's in Alpha when it's RTM then Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramesees Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 For me not yet as it's in Alpha when it's RTM then Yes! What he said ^^^ :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermang Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 im never gonna use longhorn unless i need to. XP is my last windows operating system, my next computer will be a mac. what he said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Fish Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 XP works fine for what I use it for. Can't say I get that excited over an OS. :sleep: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkit Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Why should we stay with XP if Longhorn will be made better, unless it turns out like ME, then I will chuck it, but I think that it will be nice, so I think that I will get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Why should we stay with XP if Longhorn will be made better, unless it turns out like ME, then I will chuck it, but I think that it will be nice, so I think that I will get it. It cannot be like ME its built on NT, nothing to do with the 9X OS at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null_ Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 I'll wait a few months before I'd make the switch to Longhorn, see what everyone else says about it and stuff first :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[John] Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 When 'LongHorn' comes out, I will probobly wait a few months. Probobly because, they will have a couple bugs and things, and they will want to update them with patches. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VGVL Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 I'll be switching to Mac ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacidz Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 XP for now, see what eventuates later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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