Linked by Anthony Barboza on Mon 2nd May 2005 06:30 UTC
So, with WinHEC coming to a close, the biggest talk was of course the newest release of Microsoft (R) Windows (R) Codename Longhorn, now at build 5048. With nearly one year since the previous release (build 4074) build 5048 sports some new features and lacks some others. Recently, the talk was centered around the lack of WinFS, the new futuristic Windows File system. However, we'll get to all that a little later.
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After reading about the new Longhorn preview I'm seriously asking myself, where's the meat?
I mean, it sounds like a nice enough upgrade to XP, but it isn't anywhere as exciting as the whole hype about it had let us to believe, is it? Quite frankly, it seems disappointing considering that this has been in development for several years now.
Now, in every discussion about Longhorn I see a lot of people angrily pointing out that this is only a pre-beta and that Longhorn shouldn't be judged by this. Fair enough and I agree with them to a point. Pointing out ugly fonts is just silly for example.
However, what I still don't get is what the really great new things in Longhorn are supposed to be. From the article I get the impression that a better search and a nicer graphics engine is about all there is to it.
So to all the people who are constantly complaining about others bashing Longhorn, what are the great things we can't already see in this release that will make Longhorn great?