audioscheine Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 today i installed longhorn on another HD, and started it it up, i ran it for about 5 or 6 hours exploring all the new features. and i was saddly dissapointed. i found that the side bar takes up too much room. and when you open up a program, eg. MSN messenger 6, and close the window, you cant access it like you can on the task bar of windows xp/98 ect. i also found it very slow. so i uninstalled and formated that partion on my hard drive. the next time i go to intsall windows longhorn i'll wait till its at least a full beta, or the full OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wired57 Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 since it's not evern realla alpha yet, don't complain so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Jones Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Maybe you didn't try to resize the side bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Notorious Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 I do have to say I love this build!! It's faster than XP for me, honestly. Didnt even need to make any tweaks. Explorer is only using 69 megs of RAM and my internet is faster, comp is faster. Its all around better with it. For an Alpha build I am very pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcdShdw Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 nothing in it is really finished yet aero isnt done and the file system isnt implimented yet so just wait a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sys32 Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 I do have to say I love this build!! It's faster than XP for me, honestly. Didnt even need to make any tweaks. Explorer is only using 69 megs of RAM and my internet is faster, comp is faster. Its all around better with it. For an Alpha build I am very pleased. :laugh: You are out of your mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Notorious Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 I'm out of my mind becuase I like something? Or becuase I dont have the same opinion as you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-outcast- Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Yes this is pointless to judge at this stage of development but I dont like the theme at all and the start panel is more cluttered, plus the stabliity/performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebsh Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 "explorer is only useing 69MB of ram" :rolleyes: compared to 15.5 MB in XP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Notorious Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 no, compared to the 150 or 200 people have bitching about all over the board!! All I'm sayin is I like it better than XP!! Bottom ****in line!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 "explorer is only useing 69MB of ram" :rolleyes: compared to 15.5 MB in XP... who cares>?? i mean how much ram do u have?? 512? 1gb? 1.5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Notorious Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 1gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebsh Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 just makeing fun of what everyone else always thinks about ram... people complain about stuff "not being optimized" and crap because it takes more then 1MB to do something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Wow, you're disappointed with an Alpha. Well, your choices are; never install one again, or learn what one is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwanders Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 i found that the side bar takes up too much room6 hours 'exploring' and you never discovered that you can resize or completely hide the sidebar.you cant access it like you can on the task bar of windows xp/98 ect Did you try right clicking on the sidebar and checking 'classic tray'? i also found it very slow Anyone that complains about the speed of a pre-alpha OS needs to have his head checked. What exactly did you do for '5-6 hours'?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebsh Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 this is why I hate software leaks (besides from the fact it hurts the software industry in most cases), people form opinnions based on software that is still in the hey i have an idea phase... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoa Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Pleople get real. We aren't even talking about Beta yet. So just play with the alpha versions if you like, none of them are going to be something you want to run as a main OS. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philmcneal Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 only bad thing is it's bugs , and slowness but it's an alpha and judging by the alpha the betas shoudl be a lot better ! i can't wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwanders Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Pleople get real. We aren't even talking about Beta yet. So just play with the alpha versions if you like, none of them are going to be something you want to run as a main OS. :rolleyes: Who exactly are you talking to? It's pretty apparent that we all (except for the kid that started this thread...and maybe Kid Notorious ;) ) understand that this isn't something we'd want to run as a main OS? So why say it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxikk Veteran Posted November 3, 2003 Veteran Share Posted November 3, 2003 its too early to even touch this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoa Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Who exactly are you talking to? It's pretty apparent that we all (except for the kid that started this thread...and maybe Kid Notorious ;) ) understand that this isn't something we'd want to run as a main OS? So why say it? Cuz some people are clueless enough to suggest it as such a thing. Do you understand that? :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioscheine Posted November 3, 2003 Author Share Posted November 3, 2003 Wow, you're disappointed with an Alpha. Well, your choices are; never install one again, or learn what one is. :crazy: wow dude, that was un*u*king called for. i was hoping we could have a civilized conversation, but i see mannors and social skills are somthing they forgot to teach you. oh your "Canadien", that expaines it all. if you dont have a resonable argument dont bother speaking :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioscheine Posted November 3, 2003 Author Share Posted November 3, 2003 It's pretty apparent that we all (except for the kid that started this thread...and maybe Kid Notorious ) understand that this isn't something we'd want to run as a main OS? ok i try to start a simple disscution and im getting cut down, i didnt plan on running longhorn as my primary OS, i simply wanted to see what people where raving about, and then i install it and i was blown away buy the fact that its the same as XP so far, sure there are minor details that are changed. but for the most part i dont like them. and i dont see why most people find this such a revolutionary operating system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devBrian Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 Con: It's not even in Beta testing yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 i was blown away buy the fact that its the same as XP so far, sure there are minor details that are changed. but for the most part i dont like them. and i dont see why most people find this such a revolutionary operating system. LOL Dude.... You can expect Longhorn to be under another two - three years worth of development time yet. What you are seeing now will likely bare no resemblance to the final release product. Of coure it is basically the same as XP at the moment. It IS XP. Longhorn is built upon it much the same way Windows 2003 was. It is pointless complaining about a product that is still in its early development stages. Yes, it is going to have problems. It is going to be slow and buggy and may crash your system. This is what you must realize when you play with alpha and beta software. It is incomplete! Wait until it has at least reached Release Candidate stages before you formulate an opinion. By then, most features should be locked in and you will have a much clearer idea of what the final release should look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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