Re: [Dev-C++] Offtopic: Advice on GUI to learn

[Michael C U. <mu...@cb...>]

Try to imagine running everything as managed code. Even low level system
processes. That's what Longhorn is going to do. Whether the specs will be
that high or not, I don't know. But they will definately be a lot higher
than the specs for Windows XP.

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Daniel Glenfield wrote:

> I don't think that spec will be required. I really don't think that will be
> the case!
> and we still supply customers who request windows 3.1 bits and pieces!
>
>
> >From: Michael C Urban <mu...@cb...>
> >To: Daniel Glenfield <sp...@ho...>
> >CC: go...@de..., dev...@li...
> >Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] Offtopic: Advice on GUI to learn
> >Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:07:12 -0600 (CST)
> >
> >I also don't think we are going to see a mass migration to Longhorn
> >either. Longhorn is going to require some truly serious hardware to
> >deliver acceptable performance. Microsoft has estimated that that by the
> >time we see Longhorn, new PCs will have a dual core processor running at
> >least 6 Ghz, a terabyte of hard disk space, at least 2 Gb of RAM, and a
> >very powerful 3D graphics accelerator. If that's any indication about the
> >mimimum hardware requirements Longhorn is going to need, it's going to be
> >a tough sell to businesses and such who aren't always on the cutting edge
> >of the technology curve. After all, remember that something like 30% of
> >Windows users are still using Windows 98.
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Michael C Urban wrote:
> >
> > > As far as Longhorn, the latest word is that we won't see it until 2006,
> >or
> > > maybe even 2007. So the Win32 API is going to be the main API for
> >Windows
> > > for at least a few more years.
>
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