Klauz Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 hey people, is Windows Longhorn compatible with the nowadays softwares? Thanks for any answer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryder68 Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 It is an alpha. It is in its infancy of developement. There will be some things that run fine, but I would say that most things would have problems funtioning normally. Hardware and software alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight' Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 Yeah windows longhorn alpha does have many bugs, better to use XP as a desktop. Just use longhorn to 'see' what it's like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klauz Posted March 15, 2003 Author Share Posted March 15, 2003 I am asking this 'cause I am brazilian and I am a user of a forum there, and they are thinking Windows LH isn't going to be compatible with the nowadays softwares... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight' Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 Are you talking about the Alpha builds or the Final? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 It supports all XP programs, but some will be buggy due to the alpha code of Lnoghorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klauz Posted March 15, 2003 Author Share Posted March 15, 2003 I am speaking about the final version... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoa Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 Longhorn 4008 looks good so far, although I haven't used it much. I like XP better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight' Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 ahh, well, the final will most likely not support most of todays software because it will have a new file system called 'winfs' or Windows File System. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight' Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 Longhorn 4008 looks good so far, although I haven't used it much. I like XP better. He is NOT talking about the ALPHA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 ahh, well, the final will most likely not support most of todays software because it will have a new file system called 'winfs' or Windows File System. :ermm: i doubt that comment to be true, as most of the software built today is NTFS Compliant and even older software too works on Windows 2000/XP w/o any updates and was built when Microsoft only had FAT/FAT32 for consumers. The "9x" days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight' Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 :ermm: i doubt that comment to be true, as most of the software built today is NTFS Compliant and even older software too. It is true, because Longhorn WILL NOT use NTFS. Longhorn will use a NEW file system called WINFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klauz Posted March 15, 2003 Author Share Posted March 15, 2003 ahh, well, the final will most likely not support most of todays software because it will have a new file system called 'winfs' or Windows File System. so we are going to loose a lot of app's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight' Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 so we are going to loose a lot of app's? Yes we are :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 It is true, because Longhorn WILL NOT use NTFS. Longhorn will use a NEW file system called WINFS. Yes it will have a new File System. But You have no proof to say that all software won't work. thats an assumption, as i assume it'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 longhorn... :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight' Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 Assume as you wish, I am just using logic. This version of windows will be almost completly different from what we have seen before, as indicated by the white papers and specifications of Longhorn by Microsoft, the new file system is 'relational' - there will be no C:\ drive or D:\ drive what so ever, so this in it self is going to cause a number of problems with installers. Secondly Microsoft is hinting to the fact that DLLs will be changed significantly to solve many problems (as seen in Windows Server 2003) this is more than likely to be in effect with Longhorn to a greater extent. Thirdly the GUI is going to be '3D' accelerated, from what I have heard this may also cause problems with applications that are not written to recognise this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 It is true, because Longhorn WILL NOT use NTFS. Longhorn will use a NEW file system called WINFS. They've also upgraded the version of NTFS 3 times, with no problems relating to installing or running legacy apps because of the file system. I've never seen an app that specifies the file system that must be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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