News An early peek at Longhorn

The natural history unit at news.com has taken their 4 x 4's out on to the prairie, and with the aid of high powered binoculars and telephoto lenses have got a first peak at Redmond's prize bovine:

Beginning with brief demonstrations to reporters this week, the software maker is starting to shed light on just what the next version of Windows will offer when it hits the market next year. High on the list of features are security enhancements, improved desktop searching and organizing, and better methods for laptops to roam from one network to another.

"This is going to be a big deal," Jim Allchin, Microsoft group vice president, told CNET News.com on Thursday. While he acknowledged that Microsoft is unlikely to get throngs of people to show up outside retail stores on launch day as happened with Windows 95, he did say the company expects Longhorn to drive PC sales. "This product has something for everybody."

In a brief demonstration, Allchin showed off several key features that make the new OS stand out from prior versions. A "quick search pane," for example, allows users to type queries and instantly see matching files.

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Lol... i cant believe you done that

Im excited to see just how "Mooo-ch" of a leap longhorn will be from XP.....

 

So what if i search for linux? Is it going to assume i am terrorist\hacker and contact the police or just blow up my computer? .

Shouldn't that be up to the company? not ms, surely .

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Erm yes because i don't know about you i do all my terrorist things with a DVD

No, you show companies what they can do with your stuff, its called marketing, and user support. Often refered to as a plan, or direction.
for the opersite, see XFree86.

 

I was just generalizing, if it assumes that when you insert a DVD what will it asume under other circumstances, mine was just an example!

I know but it makes it sound like only they will tell you if its financally viable.

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