Can you actually buy a 4GHz CPU? A 256MB graphics card? It looks like they're headed for dual processor requirements next... Scott B. DeVries said: > 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 > > > >>>>>>> duncan brown wrote >>>>>>> > > i'm not going to respond to your entire email bit by bit, as you were > bringing up SUPER-power user and server scenarios) and isn't that what > longhorn is supposed to be for? normal usage? or is longhorn their > server and workstation AND home solution? > > >> > > Dont know.. Given that I've never heard about other projects by MS, > this makes me believe that longhorn will be their server , workstation > and home solution... But I wonder... why have a server running longhorn > if you need a super computer just to run the OS ? it should be a > supercomputer to run the server.. and the OS should work on any cheap > machine... > > If it really is their home solution , then the conspiracy theories kick > in... Maybe m$ and intel are trying to make us spend money ??? Maybe M$ > and nvidia or ati??? ;) > > > I believe that this will be a eternal problem with windows.. > considering the way it was developed , it will always grow bigger and > power-hungry... no matter what they do , unless they rewrite windows > from scratch... > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
