Windows XP SP3

[Guol]

thatd be good i guess but honestly, i couldnt care less about XP Service Pack's.

what I want is longhorn...tho i guess ill have to wait abit, eh? :pinch:

[MtnDewCodeRedFreak]

Just my humble opinion, but I feel that XP with SP2/SP3 and Server 2003 SP1 should be able to upgrade to Longhorn without any problems.

Win2K and below ...... *cough*impossible*cough*.

[mr_demilord]

win2k is the best windows released ever by microsoft!

Windows xp is just windows 2000 with eyecandy and whistles and bells don't forget that :angry:

[NEVER85]

win2k is the best windows released ever by microsoft!

Windows xp is just windows 2000 with eyecandy and whistles and bells don't forget that  :angry:

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It also has minor improvements to the kernel (NT 5.0 to NT 5.1), upgrades to various parts of the OS that improve stability, security, etc. After SP2, WinXP underwent a major upgrade that puts it on a level above 2K in almost every possible way.

[vcv]

win2k is the best windows released ever by microsoft!

Windows xp is just windows 2000 with eyecandy and whistles and bells don't forget that  :angry:

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Yes. All they did was add the themes service and absolutely nothing else.

Glad people like you are around to clear these things up!

[STanger]

how can you be so sure?

[SAXD]

Just my humble opinion, but I feel that XP with SP2/SP3 and Server 2003 SP1 should be able to upgrade to Longhorn without any problems.

Win2K and below ...... *cough*impossible*cough*.

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Well, it has never been supported to upgrade from/to a server OS to a client OS (or vice-versa).

Also, I'm sure upgrading from 2000 Professional will be supported, as Microsoft has always allowed more than 1 prior generation to upgrade to the latest. Example: Upgrading from Windows 95 to ME didn't require first to upgrade to 98.

Now, back to SP3 for XP, I bet most of you are wrong. SP's traditionally only have bugfixes. XP SP2 was one of the only SPs (since SP3 for NT4, IIRC) to introduce new functionality. I doubt they will do any of the drastic things suggested in this thread.

IE7 is a possibility, but I doubt it; Take Windows 2000 for example: SP4 included SP4 for IE 5.01, the original IE version for 2000. This is the same with most SPs. XP SP1 had SP1 for IE 6, as that was the version included with the RTM OS.

[STanger]

didnt winfs get pulled out of longhorn to be ported to xp..... and avalon will be in xp soon becuase the avalon developer kit for xp was available aaaages ago for xp... also, i wouldnt be suprised if ie7 gets its foot in the door eather. if ie7 seals security holes then it means less bad PR for microsoft, which means more sales.

i think SP3 will be:

Media Player 10, as this wasnt in SP2

Avalon, to bring some fancy animation to XP, like in the latest longhorn build, maybe a new glass effect theme?

WinFS, again, to increace security and speed (maybe)

all the updates since SP2

IE7, a definate in my eyes if ie7 appears before SP3

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How on Earth could WinFS be ready and backported for XP when it's only gonna be in beta when Longhorn itself will be released, if there is any newer news I haven't heard it yet. Oh and I seriously doubt that any part of the LH Aero theme will ever be in XP

That's one nice wishlist ya got there tho :D