Re: Recommended Longhorn system requirements

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From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/05/04 

Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 16:04:20 +0100

"hermes" <hermes@messenger.net> wrote in message
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> greg_barton writes "At first I thought this was a joke, but this article
> from Microsoft Watch confirms it: 'Microsoft is expected to recommend that
> the 'average' Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz; a
> minimum of 2 gigs of RAM; up to a terabyte of storage; a 1 Gbit, built-in,
> Ethernet-wired port and an 802.11g wireless link; and a graphics processor
> that runs three times faster than those on the market today.'"
>
>
http://slashdot.org/articles/04/05/04/2223237.shtml?tid=137&tid=185&tid=190&
> tid=201
>
> http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1581842,00.asp
>
> Heh, that brings up one heck of a feasibility issue!
>

A piece of idle speculation on their part.
Also be very careful with phrase such as "... Microsoft Watch confirms it:
'Microsoft is expected ..."
A third party publication confirms nothing if it prints an expectation based
on no referenced source.
Windows "Longhorn" is still a significant time away and system requirements
for it are no where near being set.
A lot can happen in the hardware world in timescales measured in years.

For real information on Windows "Longhorn" see:-

http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/understanding/preparing/default.aspx
and
http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/default.aspx 

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Mike
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"hermes" <hermes@messenger.net> wrote in message
news:%230QMpErMEHA.1644@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> greg_barton writes "At first I thought this was a joke, but this article
> from Microsoft Watch confirms it: 'Microsoft is expected to recommend that
> the 'average' Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz; a
> minimum of 2 gigs of RAM; up to a terabyte of storage; a 1 Gbit, built-in,
> Ethernet-wired port and an 802.11g wireless link; and a graphics processor
> that runs three times faster than those on the market today.'"
>
>
http://slashdot.org/articles/04/05/04/2223237.shtml?tid=137&tid=185&tid=190&
> tid=201
>
> http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1581842,00.asp
>
> Heh, that brings up one heck of a feasibility issue!
>
> --
> hermes
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