New low for Microsoft

[admin at kclinux.net]

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.....
>
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>Scott B. DeVries
>DrFizzix at mash4077.biz
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