Re: New low for Microsoft

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If anyone remembers, Windows XP beta also required a super computer to 
run, which it doesnt now.  They'll get it fine tuned by the time RC1 
rolls out, thought I would imagine 512MB of memory will be the minimum 
requirement. (KDE 3.2 floats real nicely with 512MB or memory also)

Scott B. DeVries wrote:

> The current alpha version of Windows Longhorn that is being released 
> this week the Microsoft hardware conference is their home / workstation 
> (client-side) solution.  According to articles on www.microsoft-
> watch.com, the "recommended" requirements are in the neighborhood of a 
> 4 GHz CPU with 2 GB of RAM and a 256 MB graphics card, which is one of 
> the main reasons that it'll be 2006 at least before this is released.
>
> There will also be a server version of Longhorn, which is slated for 
> 2007 or 2008 last I heard (similar to Windows XP followed by Win Server 
> 2003).  If those hardware requirements are accurate, then God only 
> knows what kind of a supercomputer you'll need to run the server 
> version.
>
> Perhaps this will get budget-constrained Windows network admins to 
> start looking to non-Windows (i.e. penguin-flavor) alternative 
> operating systems for client PC's.....
>
>
>
> Scott B. DeVries
> DrFizzix@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>