The LongHorn thing.

[nganvu]

Mod, please feel free to move the thread where it would belong

Just curious,
Would the next MS OS LongHorn come as an update, also? : so we can upgrade XP to Longhorn? Would it be a good idea?

[Rapmaster]

No, it will be a separate product.

But Microsoft does plan on releasing some of the features as a patch for XP. Press release

[Steve R Jones]

Originally posted by nganvu

Just curious,
Would the next MS OS LongHorn come as an update, also? : so we can upgrade XP to Longhorn? Would it be a good idea?

We have a good two YEARS before we have to worry about it. Several new articles out about how MS is scaling down plans for LongHorn to get it out the door.

[Steve R Jones]

Someday I might have to get around to installing these cd's...

[SuperSparks]

You didn't miss anything Steve, I tried it in Virtual PC 2004, and it was unusable, with the CPU permanently pegged at 100%. I'm hoping the next build will be better.

Here's an indication of how things are going:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3606938.stm

[Tuttle]

It runs alright if you can give it a real machine -- it's just VPC performance which sucks.

[Sarrkazztic]

I have those cds too Sparky....and it was soooooo slow....and I have a real computer.