Windows Vista 1013 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft's promising that it will provide a sneak peek at the "gaming specific portions" (more than just DirectX, we'd assume) of its "Longhorn" next-gen Windows client at the upcoming Meltdown U.S. show in Seattle

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Windows Vista 1013 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft Corp.'s plans for "Longhorn," the next version of Windows, include a new graphics subsystem, a new file system and a new security system. But, so far, users aren't nearly as excited about the features as Microsoft is.

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Windows Vista 1013 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

While Microsoft plans to release "a couple of beta" versions of Longhorn in 2004, the final version of the operating system won't come out commercially until 2005, said Will Poole, senior vice president of the Windows Client division at Microsoft.

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Windows Vista 1013 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

Microsoft Corp. said it will act as a neutral arbiter in the ongoing battle between the competing recordable DVD standards, supporting all of them in the upcoming Longhorn release.

Microsoft added support for DVD-R and DVD-RW into Longhorn, due in 2005. Longhorn already supports the DVD-RAM, DVD+RW and DVD+R formats.

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