According to sources close to Microsoft the latest date set for Longhorn to go to manufacturing by is August 15, 2005. This date is due to be announced to many partners/OEMs and internally with Microsofts roadmap dates by the end of next month.
What does this mean for Longhorn? Aslong as they stick to the date then it's good news for those interested in the next Windows operating system and those wanting to get a better look at it. Microsoft are going to be dishing out a preview version designed for developers at their annual professional developers conference next month. It's not expected to be very different from the first few alphas we've witnessed and still lacking of the most important factor, aero (the much hyped UI for Longhorn).
From our calculations we're guessing that official beta testing will happen in early to mid 2004 and lasting just over a year. At release candidate stage the beta is expected to be an open beta allowing many customers to preview the next version of Windows. This latest date is always subject to change but you heard it here first.
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News source: In-House
What does this mean for Longhorn? Aslong as they stick to the date then it's good news for those interested in the next Windows operating system and those wanting to get a better look at it. Microsoft are going to be dishing out a preview version designed for developers at their annual professional developers conference next month. It's not expected to be very different from the first few alphas we've witnessed and still lacking of the most important factor, aero (the much hyped UI for Longhorn).
From our calculations we're guessing that official beta testing will happen in early to mid 2004 and lasting just over a year. At release candidate stage the beta is expected to be an open beta allowing many customers to preview the next version of Windows. This latest date is always subject to change but you heard it here first.
View: Discuss Longhorn in our Live Chat Room News source: In-House
Key features of the new controller include a 64-bit 2D graphics accelerator, embedded memory for LCD frame buffer, and flexible CPU interface. The versatile LCD controller also allows for fast-switching dual screen interfaces, typically implemented as a large active-matrix color screen inside the handset and a smaller LCD located outside. NVIDIA GoForce 2150 supports over 70 different display interfaces (including CSTN, TFT, OLED and LTPS technology) at up to HVGA (320x480) resolution.
“User expectations for camera phones continue to increase in terms of image quality and camera functionalities,” said Phil Carmack, vice president of handheld products at NVIDIA. “Camera phones are a leading indicator of device convergence trends as they start to catch up to regular digital cameras in terms of capabilities. While new imaging features and higher performance drive current solutions to ever increasing power consumption, the GoForce 2150 processor is specifically optimized to deliver exceptional image quality and camera functionalities at a small fraction of the power consumption.”
The NVIDIA GoForce 2150 is an ideal media processor for next-generation camera phones and other mobile devices. It is pin compatible with the earlier MQ2100, from MediaQ, Inc., so OEMs with existing MQ2100-based designs can quickly upgrade to add support for megapixel cameras. In addition, the GoForce 2150 delivers a high-performance visual experience through a hardware-based graphics processing engine with industry-leading performance.
Availability
Samples of the NVIDIA GoForce 2150 are available to OEMs immediately; volume production is expected to begin in Q4 2003.
For more information on NVIDIA, MediaQ, Inc, or the NVIDIA GoForce 2150, please visit www.nvidia.com.
Last edited by 12452 on 24 Sep 2003 - 19:15
lol have fun then..
I promise you, like xp activation and stuff, that unless you hand over hard $$$ for it, the OS will be nout but trouble.
I wouldn't expect you to know that, though, since you're always bent on talking sh*t about stuff you don't know.
activation hasnt defeated casual copying. amatter a fact it has only helped fuel casual copying. now you have more people taking it as a challenge and thus increasing it.
activation only helped increase piracy
aint there a linux hate group you can join with the rest of the sheep?
guess that is the way the world turns
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however, are there still the controversial issues regarding hardware/bios/software/product-activation etc. issues involved in the Longhorn-thing?
lol j/k, Im neutral
it's like predicting a bird will **** on yer head in 5 minutes while walking out
eh no, i read it on Binks' site much earlier today
btw, isn't August 15, 2005 the date they set for sp2? >_<
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Funny though, I see RedHat, Mandrake, and SuSE all becoming popular bloatware as they make it more 'user-friendly'. Hmmm wonder where they get that kind of idea from???
10th anniversary of the launch of windows 95.
i wouldn't be surprised if they have a new version of office ready in time for that date as well.
has nothing to do with what they have in mind with longhorn. expect stuff like '10 years ago we revolutionized the desktop eXPierience (heh) -- and we're about to tdo it again...'.
IMHO, Win 95 was both a desktop revolution and a 16/32 bit OS combo. I wouldn't exactly call a Win 9x OS purely 32-bit.
Win 95 revolutionized the Windows desktop by finally removing the File Manager of Windows 3.x and replacing it with the Explorer and a desktop that was ripped off from Mac OS and even Amigas, etc.
But it was for the better so I'm not complaining. I'm just happy that they finally got rid of the stupid metaphors in Windows 3.x where icons didn't represent the actual corresponding files, except in the File Manager of course.
Windows 95 might have been a pain in the ass, but it was an almost total redesign, which I wonder if even Longhorn will give us. In Windows 95, you could for the first time open folders and delete, copy, move, and rename files in the main GUI. They introduced the Windows Registry to store settings hierarchically instead of in INI files. They introduced insanely improved multimedia support. For the first time, we could play video without too much choppiness with the same hardware as Windows 3.1 due to new acceleration features which came to be known as DirectX. It was a highly fascinating OS when released. I remember playing around with settings in it for all night long when I got my hands on it.
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rofl
Last edited by 98 on 24 Sep 2003 - 18:48
Windows 95 shipped (in stores) (not RTM) August 24, 1995.
Right?
Exactly. I like new (and presumably more stable) Windows just as much as the next guy, but Palladium scares me to death. If it ends up as policeware or DRM lockdown crap, I won't be using it. Besides, I paid for Windows ME. I'll never forget that Bill...never.
Be careful what you wish for. A friend of mine has been using Quickbooks pro 2000 since she BOUGHT it in 2000. She bought a new computer just a month ago and installed Quickbooks on it. She called Intuit to re-register the software (it disables itself after 15 uses until you register) and they told her "nope... it's too old you need to buy the new version". Fortunately I hadn't reformatted her old computer yet and was able to get the registration number off it. I'd expect you can look forward to more crap like this with Product Activation becoming more popular. Palladium worries me because of the potential for abuse from software vendors.
I bet this is fake
And by the way, are they Really gonna call it Longhorn??? Windows Longhorn!?? Is it just me or does that title not exactly roll off the tounge?
MOST IMPORTANT? I don't think so...
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