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Show us the PC that runs Longhorn!!!
I find it interesting they show something that may, might, someday become a real product while NOT telling us what the anticipated Longhorn platform will be. The reason of course is user shock.

Many discussions have been held here in the talkbacks about why Longhorn is being delayed so much and speculation has ran rampant. But according to "water cooler gossip" one of the big problems is that the hardware for it isn't there yet and is NOT at a price point the average user (or corporation) is willing to pay.

Loosely, MS has defined what a Longhorn PC will require to run efficiently. (Yes it will run on existing hardware, very slowly according to my own non-scientific tests.) What does MS envision as a Longhorn hardware platform?

CPU: 6 Ghz, dual core or 4-6 Ghz dual CPUs. In either case they will be 64-bit based machines.

RAM: 2 Gbyte minimum, 4 is much better and 16 is really where servers need to be.

Graphics: The GPU needs to be a minimum of 3 times faster than anything on the market today.

And of course all the peripherals in the machine will need to be upgraded SIGNIFICANTLY to handle the other improvements. (Data Bus, I/O, etc.)

The fact is that while such a machine can be built today, it's cost puts it out of Joe Average users grasp or justification. The hope is that the hardware will be ready and much cheaper by the time Longhorn ships.

In other words, don't look for MS to show us a Longhorn platform (WinHEC or anywhere else) until the hardware cost is something the public will accept...
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 05/04/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Getting sick of computers  solprovider | 05/04/04
Like that hasn't been done before  nucrash | 05/04/04
Pay Attention: This is where MS takes away your rights.  Xunil_Sierutuf | 05/04/04
Buy yourself a clue.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/04/04
ter buy yourself one first  rabban192 | 05/04/04
If it's so bad then don't buy it  voska | 05/04/04
Ho Ho  jellyclock | 05/04/04
The "PC" of the future may be an Apple  issthatso | 05/04/04
Why do they think  James Dean_z | 05/04/04
As usual  pj-xmesh | 05/04/04
Tapping the 50% virgin market?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/04/04
Virgins stay virgins?  cybershoplifter | 05/04/04
No, they just need a reason to give up their virginity.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/04/04
Just don't make it look like a PC  voska | 05/04/04
Some try  AbsolutelyNot | 05/04/04
Show us the PC that runs Longhorn!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/04/04
Why are you surprised Don?  bgoss@... | 05/04/04
Not this time...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/04/04
You did anice job bashing MS  cybershoplifter | 05/04/04
Just calling them the way I see them.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/04/04
Whatever the reason...  tic swayback | 05/04/04
And OSX runs just fine on todays hardware...  MacCanuck | 05/05/04
Oooh, No Ax's secret sources  tic swayback | 05/04/04
How about the home PC for TODAY?  michael-t | 05/04/04
After seeing some of the Pictures  middle of nowhere | 05/05/04

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