Jim Allchin, Group Vice President, Platforms Group announced this morning that Longhorn Beta1 will be available at the PDC03, Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2003, October 26–30, 2003, Los Angeles, CA.

See:

Longhorn Beta 1

Thanks, posted

Sweet...I'm gonna try signing up for this one!

NO..that's not true. Beta 1 won't be out till later next year. At PDC 2003, there will be a developer preview edition coming out, so it is not Beta 1.

Thats Good To Hear As I've Been Using Longhorn 4015 For Quite Sometime Now, No New Versions Of It ?

Ok, I thought the lastest alpha build was being released at PDC not Beta 1? From what I know, Beta 1 is next year..so you must be mistaken

Call me in 5 years and let me know when Longhorn is actually worth trying.

Though 4029 was most recent.... not sure though.

Hum, seems the link indicates beta 1 is coming.

The latest i know of is build 4051, and i know it real cause im dual booting it along with XP Pro

Sorry, folks, no Beta release at PDC. It's not due until next year sometime.

What is the rush about Beta 1? :S

Ok I got my longhorn disk in today from Microsoft the PDC disc contains ISO images I burend the X86 one and the disc came out titled lb1fre_en this translates to
Longhorn Beta 1 Full Retail Edition_English

so it is beta 1

Anyone on the developing team able to confirm? Just curious.
BTW--SamThorne after install what did the desktop ID read?

no the PDC disc contains LH 4051... dont make up crap there were 2 DVD Disc's given out at PDC

"We were among the first to get the PDC 2003 Bits package, and here's what's inside: Inside Longhorn for Developers, an MS Press book by Brent Rector; a WinFX developer preview poster, and a gorgeous CD case (called "the goods") with DVDs of Longhorn DVD 1, Longhorn DVD 2, Virtual PC 2004 beta CD, Yukon CD, and Whidbey DVD. The Longhorn DVD 1 contains Longhorn x86, Longhorn x64, Longhorn IA-64, Longhorn Symbols, Longhorn SDK, Longhorn Driver Kit, Tablet PC SDK, and Windows Mobile SDK, along with whitepapers, guides, presentations, and sample chapters."

Thought so thanks, I am in the MSH beta program so I thought it might be funny I missed it.

Good news for all the Longhorn fans out there, I have just been chatting to a little bird who told me Microosft have put a date in their diary for the Longhorn Beta 1 (August 2004) though as we know Beta 1 for XP was 3 months late.

But sometime in March you should start hearing about the new Alpha build and I am sure it will be leaked like all the others so everyone can have a look and not just us special few