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Lug:
I think it's just going to be XP with a slightly prettier GUI.

Addius:
What'd you expect from a program that isn't even through the alpha-stage? (Concerning the pic that is)

Anyway, I heard the biggest change is supposed to be kernel and network-wise.

[edit] aff, and ofcourse the changes in user-rights.. more unixlike apparently, which is good. [/edit]

Se7en:
Remember ME was nothing but a stop-gap, a load of badly tested GUI stuff thrown on top of windows 98, so the whole thing was still DOS based.

Essentially, all windows 2000 really did was add DirectX support to the NT line, bringing it into the mainstream. Before that, NT4 was a strictly workstation OS. NT3 was server only, for the sake of stability, it didnt even support any video drivers beyond standard VGA.

2k and XP are substantially identical operating systems, but XP  is now better supported with regard to security patches etc.

In any case, microsoft still has a habit of releasing largely untested software, because they have an upgrade cycle to meet. Every new OS brings with it a lot of economomic activity in the whole computer industry. Software companies bring out new versions, hardware sales increase, consultants make a killing, and OEM PCs sell like hot cakes.

Its always best to wait until the first service pack before upgrading. The only exeption to this rule was 2k, which was just such a huge improvement over the previous crap.

DaemonInside:
I had a copy of longhorn somewhere I didn't like it... ME however is CRAP! ahem sorry but no other way to put it. it NEVER should have been released.

SpacemanSpiff:
Vista/Longhorn is, first and foremost, one thing: Scary. And wrong.

Why? First of all, the coolest feature isn't implemented at all. WinFS. apparently, it doesn't work as well as they hoped so the canned it.

And no, it won't be XP with a "pretter" GUI (frankly, I think it looks horrible). This is a new OS. The kernel archicteture will be completely new, the GUI libs have changed (vector based and similar shit), user management and other stuff has changed as well - we'll see many, many differences there.

And the most important thing is: NGSCB (Next Generation Secure Computing Base), also known as Paladium or Trusted Computing. Basically, you will have a little chip on your motherboard (later on, it will part of the CPU) called TPM that will store your encryption keys and handle the encryption for ... well, everything, really. What happens is that you lose control over everything on your comp because the really important keys can't be moved or salvaged. What it means: No more warez, a perfectly working DRM system, the ability to randomly lock down software or files on your comp via a blacklist that the TCP requests over the internet - in short, great fun.
And it won't even prevent viruses either.

Read the FAQ here and you know what I mean: http://www.againsttcpa.com/

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