Comments on: Not all will see Longhorn in 3D

The next version of Windows will sport some fancy three-dimensional graphics, but for those with an older video card, Longhorn will look a lot like Windows 2000.

Longhorn will be dragging in the dust...

Ok, so Longhorn will have features in 2006(?) that Mac OSX had
3 years ago. Longhorn's recommmended hardware specs are
ridiculous and Mac OSX gets faster and less encumbered on
older hardware with each release plus OSX is already leaps and
bounds ahead of where Windows HOPES it will be by 2006 in the
GUI department. ...and people wonder why people like myself
who have been in professional IT consulting for over a decade
are now using Macs? I have all the power and portability of
Unix, plus the best GUI any OS could hope to have. (and it keeps
getting better!) I hear people gripe about the price of Macs, yet
every new Windows OS practically requires a PC upgrade
(Longhorn will require EXTENSIVE upgrades from today's PC's),
my 3 year old G4-550 Powerbook performs marvelously and
flawlessly 24/7, needs not to be upgraded (though I'm lusting
for a G5), and every release of OSX runs BETTER on my laptop
than the previous one. Let's talk ROI people! : ) You WIndows
folks, can wait if you want, I'll continue to support you and your
networks, patch your security holes and buggy software, and
take your money to the bank, but I'll be d*mned if I'll throw mine
away on Longhorn or any other Windows OS in my house or my
shop. It was fun while it lasted, but I've met a new love.

[Brad Freeman]

Mac OS X works great on older models!

I would like to add that I installed Mac OS X 10.3.3 Panther on an
old original iMac Bondi Blue G3/233 as an experiment and it
runs better and faster than the previous version of Mac OS X
10.1! Of course I helped it a little by adding more memory to
get it up to 384MB and the maximum built-in 6MB Video
Memory seems to be enough for a pleasant interface but is
limited to non graphic intensive applications. But overall the
darn thing works great and is extremely stable!

My personal opinion is this software would be a "Longhorn"
killer app if only Apple would port it for PC's but make some
features "better" if used on a Mac. Like iTunes is now.

A Reply.

I admit that OS X for Macs is a very, very nice looking OS. I think that's the only thing I like about Macs, but what little I saw it looked superb. XP's look is a big jump over the older versions of Windows, but it still doesn't compete with Mac 10. I'm hoping that Longhorn will look a ton nicer, heck, I'd upgrade to see it!

[Kilz]

You are a Microsoft custmer

They are banking on the fact you will pay money to see a flashy interface. I hope for most peoples benefit that most of the improvments mentioned dont end up being vapor ware.

[iKenny]

The problem with Longhorn

I think one of the toughest things for Microsoft with Longhorn
will be getting people to upgrade. Every computer out today is
apparently too slow to run it, so everyone will have to upgrade.
In the meantime, Mac OS X runs on any computer since the iMac
(1998) and boasts the same feature set as Longhorn, and is
available today. And guess who first introduced the tiered
graphics for the OS? Apple with Quartz Extreme in Mac OS X
10.2.

Longhorn Not just a GUI upgrade.

Longhorn isn't just a GUI upgrade. OSX doesn't have the features that Longhorn will include. It will have a new filesystem, which which remains to be seen if it's any better, supposed to be a lot better though. Then it's supposed to have DRM out the ass, which I'm sure no one is looking forward too. But Longhorn and OSX can't be compared, it's not even here yet. So, make your comments when it does come out. Then we will see what Apple has to offer. OS11? Who knows. Where can it go from here?

[nbdeagle]

Good Timing?

People updrade their computers every two years. Those that don't usually buy a new one every 4-6 years. With the last major computer purchasing event having taken place 2000 where fears of the millenium bug wiping out thousands of computers, Microsoft has struck a good time to be releasing the 'next generation' in OS Technology to the Windows User's. Top pc's today will be able to run Longhorn well, and anyone upgrading or buying a new computer in the next two years should have no problem running Longhorn.

[FocusedWolf]

Why is it in every longhorn post theirs a mac user complaing

No offense, and i at times use linux as much as windows, but are you people feeling threatened or somehow violated because longhorn is gonna copy all the things that made the mac os better then windows :P

"We're not doing 3D in the (Windows) shell because it is cool"

WHY NOT???? Why not do something just because it's so freaking cool?? That's what I like about Apple. They do stuff just to make using the UI feel good. I remember using an SGI workstation 10 years ago and when you closed a window it would twirl and shrink away. Our regular ol' PC's have way more power than that these days, but MS hasn't used it. Kinda sad really.