Windows Longhorn Client Preview For MSDN Subscribers

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Thanks to Params for posting this in our BPN

As predicted here at Neowin, MSDN has posted for download various components of Microsoft's "Longhorn Client Preview".

This includes the following:

Longhorn Driver Kit (LDK) for Windows Longhorn Client Preview (English)
Windows Longhorn Client Preview - 32-Bit (English)
Windows Longhorn Client Preview - 32-Bit Checked/Debug (English)
Windows Longhorn Client Preview - 64-Bit Extended (English)
Windows Longhorn Client Preview - 64-Bit Extended Checked/Debug (English)
Windows Longhorn Client Preview - 64-Bit Itanium (English)
Windows Longhorn Client Preview - 64-Bit Itanium Checked/Debug (English) (DVD ISO Image)
Windows Longhorn Client Preview SDK (English)
Windows Longhorn Client Preview Symbols (English)
Windows Longhorn Client Preview Whitepapers and Extras (English)

"Longhorn" is the code name for Microsoft's next version of Windows, announced at the 2003 Professional Developer's Conference in Los Angeles and provided in pre-alpha form to PDC attendees and to MSDN subscribers. Longhorn represents the most significant step forward in the Windows platform since the move from 16-bit to 32-bit computing in 1995. Please note that this pre-alpha version is not feature complete and should not be installed on a production machine.

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News source: Neowin's BPN

Changes in Version 4.0 Refresh
-Added Aero Enmeshed wallpaper
-Added Setup CD path line in dialog to notify user to eject CD in that drive or move that folder to somewhere else
-Fixed Boot Screen deselected installing problem (Cannot find ntoskrnl.exe)
-Fixed license and readme spelling and grammer
-Keep Longhorn Screensaver while uninstalling
-Minor fixes for Longhorn Keynote PDC theme in Longhorn Aero
-You can do extracting files without installing by add /x after command line e.g. "Longhorn Transformation Pack 4.0 Refresh.exe /x"
-Updated processing operation script (More stable and reliable)

(5 replies) #1 WS togermano on 13 Nov 2003 - 23:22

how do you sign up?

#1.1 bluebsh on 13 Nov 2003 - 23:54

you pay the $3,000

then you wait for your subscription kit, call MSDN with your activation code, wait for them to verify it, wait another couple days for everything to be verified and access be granted, then you can download all the development, servers, office products, and windows os's... and a standard disclaimer... this is for development purpouses only

#1.2 mikey1001 on 14 Nov 2003 - 00:43

It's not nearly that much if all you want is the Operating System level access, but it is a few hundred bucks. That being said, if you happen to be a student then MS gives you "academic pricing", which means the MSDN OS level is around two hundred dollars, which is a damn good price for legal copies of all their operating systems.

#1.3 bluebsh on 14 Nov 2003 - 03:05

yes I know, i was being silly, see the wink face... The 3,000 range is if you get the universal subscription on non academic (what normal devs would generally get)

#1.4 donachello on 14 Nov 2003 - 08:31

How much $3,000...? My God that's expensive...

#1.5 bluebsh on 14 Nov 2003 - 12:18

donachello, what you get with that way way outprices the $3,000 you pay, 10 copies of win2000, server, adv server, professional, xp home, xp pro, win 2003 server all versions, 64-bit versions of them, sql server, office, visual studio 6, .net... and much much more, right now i have 16 DVD's full of diffrent apps from MSDN, and no DVD has the same app on it twice... so its kind of worth the money

(8 replies) #2 mikey1001 on 13 Nov 2003 - 23:24

Yep, and it comes in at 647.38 MB and your own cd key to activate it as well. Rather slow download though, showing me just under two and a half hours until she's done. Oh well, at least now there's a legal way of getting it without going to the PDC.

#2.1 NeoSoft on 13 Nov 2003 - 23:31

Well, I'll tell you now... not only is it slow downloading, it is slow on my machine too. I have an AMD Athlon 64-bit processor and 2GB of memory running a SATA hard drive and it still is very slow and eats a lot of processor power!

#2.2 gosh on 13 Nov 2003 - 23:39

Typical microsoft

#2.3 xStainDx on 13 Nov 2003 - 23:50

QUOTE (#2.2)

Yes. Typical Microsoft to have such slow ALPHA Software. How Dare They.

#2.4 NeoSoft on 13 Nov 2003 - 23:55

Hey, the versions they had at the PDC weren't this slow!

#2.5 bluebsh on 13 Nov 2003 - 23:59

thoes where special versions... they're called Lab builds

#2.6 thecat2000 on 14 Nov 2003 - 00:20

QUOTE (#2.1)

probably down to the 'infamous' memory leak in Explorer ? its typical in these Alpha builds

#2.7 SanGreal on 14 Nov 2003 - 00:57

Runs fine on my laptop with a 1.6 P4M and 256MB of ram... Had to disable the sidebar though

#2.8 NeoSoft on 14 Nov 2003 - 03:01

Yeah, I just did that... but now it's like a Special Edition of XP with different colors... nothing special yet

(2 replies) #3 OSUKid7 on 13 Nov 2003 - 23:32

a day after WinBeta...not bad

#3.1 Razor_D on 13 Nov 2003 - 23:42

So... you're here, why?

#3.2 mipra on 14 Nov 2003 - 04:50

that's what I call service

#4 PeterF on 14 Nov 2003 - 00:15

They came in today by mail as well, 3 DVD's labled as PDC builds. 2 are Longhorn related and 1 is Whidbey, the new Visual Studio for next year (not the one that will be there at the same time as Longhorn) I'm trying to install them on my Acer tablet, but it sure demands a big amount of patience ;-)
But what re you expecting from an alpha version, same thing with early XP builds...
Really looking forward when they are releasing builds with the new Aero enabled

(4 replies) #5 slapnuts_ox on 14 Nov 2003 - 02:40

oh yea I wanna pay money to be on MSDN and then run an alpha OS on my pc

Note my sarcasm

#5.1 Rudy on 14 Nov 2003 - 03:54

ur an idiot! MSDN is all about previewing their stuff before it reaches the market

#5.2 bluebsh on 14 Nov 2003 - 04:16

actually its about developing software for thoes os's before its released... but close...

#5.3 slapnuts_ox on 14 Nov 2003 - 17:26

ur an idiot! MSDN is all about previewing their stuff before it reaches the market

i was being sarcastic....apparently you aren't smart enough to figure that out from me typing note my sarcasm. you should really wait till you learn to read better before you make such an idiotic post.

#5.4 SomeDork on 14 Nov 2003 - 17:52

Previewing? Excuse me??
MSDN = Microsoft Developer's Network.

It includes code for every product they have designed. Approximately 0.1% of the code on MSDN is "preview"; it's release, gold code. The purpose of MSDN is so developers (hence the name MSDN) can test their code with any/all products made by Microsoft.

Obviously, you only care about the 0.1% of MSDN (or should I call it MSPN for you), so the rest doesn't matter to you. Note my sarcasm... not!

#6 Xero on 14 Nov 2003 - 02:46

well it have aero or avalon?

(2 replies) #7 mipra on 14 Nov 2003 - 04:49

very niceee...thanks a lot

#7.1 tra on 14 Nov 2003 - 09:35

some1 able to host the amd64 version?

#7.2 bluebsh on 14 Nov 2003 - 12:19

what i read there was "someone able to host the warez version"

(1 reply) #8 MxxCon on 14 Nov 2003 - 16:03

what's

QUOTE

Windows Longhorn Client Preview Symbols (English)

is that new longhorn "winding" font or something?

#8.1 bluebsh on 15 Nov 2003 - 04:32

symbols are things that developers use for debugging applications better in an OS... it's usually an addon to the os, sometimes integrated... depends on how they developed it

#9 Jedimark on 14 Nov 2003 - 23:37

Woo hoo... I have free access to the MSDNAA at University

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