Windows Vista

[orappa]

Microsoft have released the name of their next OS - Windows Vista ("Longhorn" was only a codename). Isn't that just the stupidest name you've ever heard?

They've also set up a site for it:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx

I particularly like the way that the picture emphasises just how long we've got to wait for it to be released (late 2006). I hate to think how long it would take if they hadn't cut out certain features.

[Blade1941]

Asta la vista babe!

eh i think Longhorn sounds much more better than Vista, there is a corp called vista in the US ( i think ) so this might be a court sake of the name.

[orappa]

eh i think Longhorn sounds much more better than Vista, there is a corp called vista in the US ( i think ) so this might be a court sake of the name.

Well, Microsoft sued Lindows (a Linux variant) for sounding too much like Windows so they deserve it in my opinion.

[Vicer/Spitfire]

Windows Vista doesnt sound too bad in my opinion. I like it.

[Blade1941]

Windows Vista doesnt sound too bad in my opinion. I like it.

Do you have XP or Vista? no i have Vista..

Doesn't sound so good, Longhorn sound better.

[[ULK]BioHazarD]

Windows Vista doesnt sound too bad in my opinion. I like it.

Someone told me that Vista means chicken in Latvian

[njr1489]

I don't care about the name, I just want it lol. We have to wait about a year which will suck, I thought it was coming 2005.

[littlewhitey]

Someone told me that Vista means chicken in Latvian

That may have been me, if you were in the IRC when it was first mentioned

[orappa]

Dictionary definition:

a pleasing view, esp. one seen though a long, narrow opening

Long narrow opening?

[HAZJ]

Like mp5 said before, I don't care about the name. After tested the lastest betas of Longhorn I just can say this will be a good OS. We'll see the Beta 1 of Vista on 3rd August.

[Scruffy]

Maybe it won't be as unstable as all the rest of Microsoft's Operating Systems.

[Leviathan]

nah, I don't like the name... windows vista... that just sounds super weird... longhorn was a better name

[paul527]

i thought that Microsoft wouldnt come out with another OS for a long while, i though they would be putting more work into xp, mabye i was wrong ...

im afraid that my XP will be left in the dust... outdated and slow compared to the new Vista... i hope not.

[orappa]

Isn't that the whole point of a new version - to replace the old one?

But anyway, they're releasing some aspects of Vista for XP users - IE 7, the file system, DirectX, Avalon (I think, or it might be Aero).

Edit: Btw, Windows releases tend to get slower and slower (although technology gets faster and faster so no-one really notices) - just try running Windows 95 on your PC (if you can) and watch how fast it goes.

Edited August 19, 2005 by Guest

[Leviathan]

Indeed I have run win 98 and XP on the same pc and 98 was a lot faster...

[andeh]

if u want to beta test it, theese are the prices

http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/subscribers/

[Vicer/Spitfire]

I'd rather go on a holiday with that kind of money

[Scruffy]

Who would want to beta test Mircrosoft software?

That would have more bugs than the faulty crap they release to the public.

[zerb]

Who would want to beta test Mircrosoft software?

That would have more bugs than the faulty crap they release to the public.

True and i agree with Spitfire, That money could go towards better things eh