LongHorn Beta

[[BB] The Pirate]

Anyone know of any sites that walk you through removing the 60 day trail so you don't have to keep re-installing the longhorn beta?

Its not like I'm trying to hack it or anything; I mean its a frickin beta no point; but the install is very annoying and I'd like to keep it running longer then 2 months.

Let me know if anyone has seen anything on this.

[MontyAC]

So, how you like Longhorn?

[[BB] The Pirate]

Ya know its kind of simular to XP really. Lots of eye candy; so if you really like eye candy then this is the OS for you. Honestly I think microsoft is doing a really good job on this OS.

Remember where XP was when it first came out; full of issues and no one really like it. Now it seems that its rock solid and everyone likes it. I don't think Longhorn will take as long to get where XP is now. Longhorn even though its still in the deta stages runs very well. I will probably buy this when it comes out.

[Tiny]

Originally posted by [BB] The Pirate
Ya know its kind of simular to XP really. Lots of eye candy; so if you really like eye candy then this is the OS for you. Honestly I think microsoft is doing a really good job on this OS.

Now it seems that its rock solid and everyone likes it. Longhorn even though its still in the deta stages runs very well. I will probably buy this when it comes out.

I like eye candy and stability, so I will get it also. Along with a new 64 bit everything!

[ZenPirate]

I don't seem to recall Longhorn being released to "beta" testers yet, did I miss something?

[fibroptikl]

Originally posted by ZenPirate
I don't seem to recall Longhorn being released to "beta" testers yet, did I miss something? No you didn't miss anything. It is still in Alpha. He has no "beta" copy; he rather has an Alpha.

[MajorDomo]

It's available in various flavors of Alpha for download for MSDN clients...the Beta isn't scheduled to be released until sometime next summer.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/productinfo/default.aspx

[MontyAC]

Yeah, it's still in alpha release. Check out this site for a review:

http://www.winsupersite.com/

[topslop1]

Nice, so it's possible that I can get my hands on it provided I give testing feedback? Is the latest release stable enough to do everyday stuff on?

[MajorDomo]

It's available if you are a MSDN client. At this point the OS is in early Alpha stage and is basically a shell with none of the 'guts' put in as of yet for security reasons. It's definitely not for a production box and probably won't be for a least another year.

[KroniX]

Longhorn hasn't even taken shape yet. From what I've seen/heard WinFS is seriously buggy, and most of the new features haven't even been implemented yet