jayroller Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Why all the fuss over Longhorn? A buggy, unstable alpha release of an OS just shouldn't be so popular. I don't remember everyone getting excited over neptune (win2k precursor), or half as excited over whistler, even when that reached beta, so why now? Sure, once LH reaches beta I'll be back - i had 3638 and 4008 -, but the sheer excitement and publicity over ridiculously early builds makes me shake my head like the old-timer I'm slowly but surely becoming. I just think people are getting a little over excited too early, god only knows what the final builds will look like and contain when compared to the ones around now. I am interested in seeing things early, of course - hence 3638 which was downloaded on a 56k modem! - but it just seems to have gotten a little out of hand.Personally, I blame this "internet" thing for getting everyone all excited. Maybe they should shut the 'net after, say, 10.30pm (like uk tv used to), and just show a test card or something. Whaddya reckon then folks? Is there too much hype over LH? Or am I just missing the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunge Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 ok no effense buddy but shutting down the internet at 10:30 would just be fuced up stupid 2 do and only sum1 old would think of a stupid idea like that pay so much money 4 ****in internet and cant go on at certain hours that would be retarded and thats the best time 2 b on msn so screw that idea and maybe theres so much hype over longhorn is because theres allot more computer users and there r more experinced computer users then there were when neptune or whistler came out. Those r my reasons 4 that being that dumbest thing ever said!P.S r u drunkP.S.S Or just 1 of those old guys that i was talkin about in this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThA_FiLeR Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 im looking forward to the new 3d GUI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveXP Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 im looking forward to the new 3d GUII Agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayroller Posted August 11, 2003 Author Share Posted August 11, 2003 ok no effense buddy but shutting down the internet at 10:30 would just be fuced up stupid 2 do and only sum1 old would think of a stupid idea like that pay so much money 4 ****in internet....jeez, some people, i don't know. maybe this will help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 We all look forward to Longhorn because its going to have a massive radical change in the history of Windows.Grunge - Keep the swearing down, we put those swear filters in for a reason, and should not be evaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unwonted Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 ok no effense buddy but shutting down the internet at 10:30 would just be fuced up stupid 2 do and only sum1 old would think of a stupid idea like that pay so much money 4 ****in internet....jeez, some people, i don't know. maybe this will help Lol...I love that link I guess I can tell Widnez_Boy that I think I just found Jeffk's real brother.IMO, Microsoft uses leaks as free advertisement and hype-getters. Look what it did for MSN Messenger 6.0! It is a great product, but those "leaks" took it higher than any ad ever could. Same for Longhorn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveXP Posted August 11, 2003 Share Posted August 11, 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunge Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 ok no effense buddy but shutting down the internet at 10:30 would just be fuced up stupid 2 do and only sum1 old would think of a stupid idea like that pay so much money 4 ****in internet....jeez, some people, i don't know. maybe this will help Maybe this will help you:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 To tell you the truth, I just installed it on Virtual PC, and it sucks a** at the moment (really buggy with all that I want to do...)...You have a 14 day expiration, meaning you have 14 days to activate it, or you have to reinstall it (Unless you bypass it like yours truly did )! You guys aren't missing much...Its just Windows with a bit of a twist right now...Nothing special! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunge Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 To tell you the truth, I just installed it on Virtual PC, and it sucks a** at the moment (really buggy with all that I want to do...)...You have a 14 day expiration, meaning you have 14 days to activate it, or you have to reinstall it (Unless you bypass it like yours truly did ! You guys aren't missing much...Its just Windows with a bit of a twist right now...Nothing special!U BYPASSED IT HOW DO U HAVE LONGHORN 4015 CAN U PLEASE TELL ME HOW?!?!?!?!?! :/ cuz i have longhorn 4015 yea its pretty crummy but nice theme but u can tweak it and it runs faster but still crummy takes a while 2 load up internet explorer and looking throw a folder with allot of files is realllllllllllllllly slow yikesP.S for every1 else whats the point of having a OS that takes up all ur resources if u like the theme just search for longhorn on themexp.org and download it on ur win xp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 To tell you the truth, I just installed it on Virtual PC, and it sucks a** at the moment (really buggy with all that I want to do...)...You have a 14 day expiration, meaning you have 14 days to activate it, or you have to reinstall it (Unless you bypass it like yours truly did ! You guys aren't missing much...Its just Windows with a bit of a twist right now...Nothing special!U BYPASSED IT HOW DO U HAVE LONGHORN 4015 CAN U PLEASE TELL ME HOW?!?!?!?!?! :/ cuz i have longhorn 4015 yea its pretty crummy but nice theme but u can tweak it and it runs faster but still crummy takes a while 2 load up internet explorer and looking throw a folder with allot of files is realllllllllllllllly slow yikesP.S for every1 else whats the point of having a OS that takes up all ur resources if u like the theme just search for longhorn on themexp.org and download it on ur win xp Why are you asking me how I got build 4015 if you have it? Maybe you have 4008 or 3683... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunge Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 noooo lol im saying u said u by passed the avctivation how did u do this ?? can u please tell me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkkavenger Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 I don't know much about longhorn but far in 1995 when i was a teenager i had the occasion to use an ONYX station from Silicon Graphics and i remember that the file manager allowed zooming and other tricks.If the OS would be really running in 3D and offer more graphic customization would be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 noooo lol im saying u said u by passed the avctivation how did u do this ?? can u please tell me Read the forum rules... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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