[Solymr]

Originally posted by JayBdey:
Trust me, you won’t want longhorn. XP is the Last MS product I will be using. If the rumors and speculations are even half true you will no longer own your computer with longhorn. You will be allowed to do only what MS approves. Only "trusted" programs that are signed will run on it, so good bye OSS for Windows, do you think they will sign Mozilla's code as "safe"?

And you will get a good laugh out of this. Look at the projected system averages for when longhorn comes out. MS says this will be the average PC when it ships.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...id=190&tid=201

From Slashdot "At first I thought this was a joke, but this article from Microsoft Watch confirms it: 'Microsoft is expected to recommend that the 'average' Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz; a minimum of 2 gigs of RAM; up to a terabyte of storage; a 1 Gbit, built-in, Ethernet-wired port and an 802.11g wireless link; and a graphics processor that runs three times faster than those on the market today.'"

I don't intend on using Longhorn myself, I'm hoping Linux will be a more viable platform by then. I'm not fond of being told what programs I can and can't use (as I'm sure most others are) so I seriously doubt Longhorn will take off with gamers unless M$ changes its strategy (highly unlikely, looks like Big Bill wants to hold our hands and show us the golden path he has in store for us).

In regards to recommended system specs, I'm guessing Longhorn won't be out till late 06 or ealry 07. By then the average PC will make my machine look like a pocket calculator. But as many have said before, Longhorn will probably work on any new machine you buy today, just not running its full features.

I just hope Linux starts to get popular with game developers.