Longhorn WinHEC 2005 Preview build 5048 is definitively a work in progress. But it does give a promising glimpse and a blurry concept of where Microsoft is going with Windows. Search is at the heart of the OS and it’s obvious by the Start menus new fast indexing search capabilities. Compared to last years WinHEC 2004 build (4074), Longhorns installation is very much similar, except for a few hints of the march towards beta 1. On the setup main screen of Longhorn, a link is displayed to “View Beta 1 Release notes”, which probably suggest beta 1 is not faraway in the present build series.

If you plan on doing a dual installation with an existing copy of Windows, Longhorn will create a new Boot Manager, nothing significant but noticeable. System requirements are still sketchy, but based on what I have seen the minimum hard disk requirement is at least 10GB’s free disk space. If you plan on enabling Desktop Window Manager, make sure you have the exact required graphics card, ATI Radeon 9800 or nVidia FX 5900, more hardware is expected to be supported as we reach closer to beta 1, I almost forgot, 512MBs of memory and a desktop resolution of 1024 by 768.

As for the Interface you won’t be amazed, it does include a new theme called Aero, which features a brushed metal glossy look, but don’t expect any awesome transparency like we had seen in the PDC 2003 (4053) build of Longhorn presented by Hillel Cooperman. The place holder theme definitely does hint at conserving real estate, this is seen through the new Explorer view where some elements of TaskPane are now situated at the top and bottom, instead of the left side of the screen. The All Programs menu can transform into a searchable Windows Explorer depending on your preferences. As for the desktop, very much the same as Windows XP, except for a few synched up desktop icons such as My Documents and My Network Places, which are also place holder icons. Longhorn WinHEC 2005 Preview is definitely for the OEM’s, (Hardware Developers) who need to start writing hardware drivers that will support the OS.

Its definitely not for all Windows Enthusiast, but it does give appropriate users such as IT Professionals who need to start getting a feel of the OS by giving them a chance to gather their thoughts, start critiquing and take notes in time for the beta. Build 5048 would seem to be an aged build Microsoft is throwing on the required users just to start getting the hardware drivers ready and to satisfy some progress yearning in the community. Evidence to support this include the later builds 5059 and 5060 presented onstage by Microsoft employees, giving examples of some of the immersive experiences they are trying to evangelize.

I personally believe that Longhorn is looking more like a 2007 release instead of Microsoft’s dream date second half 2006 aim. There is definitely lots of work to be done and unless this is just one aspect of a build out of Microsoft I won’t think otherwise for the release date. Now, I’m going to do this again: Beta 1 – September PDC 2005 Beta 2 – May 2006 Beta 3 – September 2006 Windows 2007 RC1 – January 2007 Windows 2007 RC2 – March 2007 Windows 2007 RTM – April 2007 Windows 2007 Client “World Wide Availability – May 2007 That’s my belief and Microsoft can always pluck a rabbit out of the proverbial magician’s hat. But it does seem like the Windows Team is doing a whole lot of plumbing in Longhorn and I would not be surprised its slower than last years build 4074 on some systems.

Although much of Longhorn build 4074 was caused by a memory leak in the Sidebar, the Sidebar is not present in build 5048. Expect Longhorn to be optimized for performance by beta 2 though. UPDATE: The Sidebar is considered a goner, confirmed by a Microsoft representative.

This build still looks a lot like Windows XP / Server 2003 as it is an extremely early buil. Build 3683 was the first Codename “Longhorn” build to leak publicly on the internet when it leaked on 20th October 2002 as an x86 Professional compile by th. Windows Longhorn build 4001 is the first Milestone 4 build.

The Windows Team is looking at ways though to implement some aspects of the Sidebars functionality throughout the user interface, we will see how that pans out. There are aspects I am still not able to understand such as Virtual Folders, I just don’t know how that is going to make me find files faster. But I think it has something to do with computing in workgroup environments and tagging data and making it publicly available on a network through a new form of shared folders for other users to see, adding relevance to a sea of data.

Ответы Промбезопасность. There is also a new Control Panel view, but I pray it does not stay, it looks confusing and complex compared to the present one in Windows XP, I personally think they should adapt a similar approach to Apple Mac OS X’s System Preferences. I want to reinforce Microsoft’s new mantra here “Visualise and Organise”. Aspects of Longhorns Avalon Subsystem were shown during the presentation through the use of transparent windows and resizable icons of up to 256 by 256. Files will now feature a thumbnail preview instead of generic icons by default. Other aspects of Avalon presented included application windows that can be resized on the fly for better visibility on high resolution screens which will better integrate Windows apps into the 10 feet Media Center Environments.

Other aspects of the Longhorn Wave certainly do seem competitively revolutionary such as Metro. Metro is a new technology which is suppose to be a driver technology built into printers that will support it to compete in someway with Adobe’s PDF by being platform independent, which possibly means it will be open sourced, basically this is Microsoft’s way of putting PDF type technology at the heart of Windows.

Oster Bread Machine Recipes Pdf here. As for 64-bit, it’s definitely on the agenda for Longhorn and will probably be the true linchpin that begins the transition to the new technology. Paul Thurrott confirmed that both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Longhorn builds are compiled each day which means both platforms will be in full force just in time for their release date. Paul Thurrott also confirmed that Longhorn will run on older PC’s with 1 GHz processors with at least 256MBs of RAM, but don’t expect anything more than probably the present Windows XP Theme or Windows Classic. To me that mean’s Longhorn should provide an upgrade path from much older versions of Windows such as ME, even 98, and NT.

I have used PC’s running those same specs with those same legacy operating systems, but who really does upgrades these days anyway? I recently viewed another WinHEC 2005 blog and the attendees do get some goodies, you can check those out down below. There are other aspects of Longhorn I didn’t get to discuss such as the Tablet PC, but introduction of technology such as auxiliary displays should be a common part of Tablet PC and notebook computers by mid 2007. Well, I hope this preview is a positive journey towards the dream of the Windows we have been waiting all our Windows lives for. Support from the Windows community is key to its success and I hope Microsoft does not tighten the beta 1 release and make it more widely available than past Windows betas. I also hope they implement the same Community Technology Preview (CTP) strategy of Visual Studio 2005 and the Longhorn pillars into the development process of Longhorn instead of the blown out beta 1 and 2 process that is becoming a bit antiquated I say.

Complimentary gifts given to attendees at WinHEC 2005.