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We've been covering issues related to Windows Longhorn for several months now, so you shouldn't be to surprised that we decided to post a link to this article at C|Net.

The next version of Windows finally has an official name: Windows Vista. The advertising tagline for Vista is "Clear, Confident, Connected: Bringing clarity to your world," according to a video of the announcement posted by Microsoft.

What do you think? While you're stewing over the name, read the entire article.

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04/29/2005 12:21 AM: Longhorn will run on Older PCs by Jim_
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04/11/2004 01:39 AM: Trimming the fat from Longhorn by Hooz
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cmost Back in St. Olaf.... Posts: 414 Joined: 2002-08-13

#37360 Posted on: 07/25/2005 08:16 PM This has already been covered in these forums. See here AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 4096 MB DDR 400MHz DDR2 RAM GeForce 9400 GT w 512 MB DDR2 Primary OS: Parsix GNU/Linux (built from Debian Testing) Compiz-Fusion Git Other OS: Windows Server 2003 SP2 (as workstation); Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs; Windows XP Pro. SP3 - via VirtualBox

Manatoba Retired Comp-Tech Posts: 296 Joined: 2002-09-02

#37361 Posted on: 07/25/2005 08:56 PM With MS previously using the Rolling Stones "Start Me Up", maybe this time around we'll see Arnold Schwarzenegger telling consumers (in Austrian accent): "Windows Vista.. Baby" Xeon - Experiment: 2x SL6EP 2.4/400@3450+|PC-DL 1.04-B05 BIOS1009|2Gb GeIL Ultra-X PC3200 2-2-2-5| Gigabyte 6600GT Fanless Heatpipes|silent Samsung HD's|Antec Titan550|stock voltages|IWT+Agilent cooler| AMD - Experiment: Opteron165 1.8@2.25 CCBWE 0551WPMW|stock heatpipe HSF|HP/nVidia QuadroFX4500| Antec TPII 550W|Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe|4Gb Corsair TwinX2048-4000PT|2x Dell 2405FPW's|more 2 come..|

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#37362 Posted on: 07/25/2005 10:26 PM http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002397450_microvista23.html do they score any bonus points for the first lawsuit on a new os?

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#37363 Posted on: 07/26/2005 06:47 AM V for Virii I for Infections S for Spyware T for Trojans A for Adware Brilliant! |[size=1][url=http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=279831#post279831][color=yellow]FAQ's[/url][/color][/size]|Heatware-Remedy{WcS}|Dual760|Beerology|

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#37364 Posted on: 07/26/2005 06:58 AM Personally, I really wish they would have returned to either: a.) "Windows NT" + a version number ("Windows NT 6" in this case I suppose) or b.) "Windows" + a year ("Windows 2006") The name "Windows Vista" sounds like a good name to me (certainly better than "XP"), but my problem is that there is nothing inherent in it that indicates that it is the version of Windows directly after XP. Even "Windows YQ" would have been better. It sounds stupid, but it makes more sense. ->Computers ->Folding for team 3074

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#37365 Posted on: 07/26/2005 05:10 PM What was it called again, Microsoft Bob? This edition should be called Carl! -Class Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHz and 2GiB RAM on a Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2GHz and 2GiB RAM on a Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe dual AMD MP2800/dual MP2200, some PIII's, a laptop, ZX81, Palm T|E and 2x SPARCstations] foynland.org

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#37366 Posted on: 07/26/2005 05:58 PM As far as the other company that already has a trademark on "Vista"...Microsoft will probably do the same thing they did in the case of Lindows. They'll shop around (the world if necessary) until they find a friendly court to rule that they are allowed to steal somebody else's trademark just because they have better than 90% operating system penetration! AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 4096 MB DDR 400MHz DDR2 RAM GeForce 9400 GT w 512 MB DDR2 Primary OS: Parsix GNU/Linux (built from Debian Testing) Compiz-Fusion Git Other OS: Windows Server 2003 SP2 (as workstation); Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs; Windows XP Pro. SP3 - via VirtualBox

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#37367 Posted on: 07/26/2005 07:28 PM I doubt it will make it all of the way through the court system. Vista will probably end up just going the way of CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet. "Buy him out boys!" The pathetic state of our government will never change unless we stop electing politicians and start electing public servants. Remember: There was once a time when the term "politician" had a very negative connotation.

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#37368 Posted on: 07/31/2005 02:45 PM Originally posted by ReMeDy V for Virii I for Infections S for Spyware T for Trojans A for Adware Brilliant! lol System: Mobo: ECS P35T-A CPU: Q6600 Ram: 4x1GB DDR2-800 Video card: 8800GT and 8400GS OS: Linux XUbuntu 7.10 64bit

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#37369 Posted on: 08/01/2005 12:13 PM Actually, considering the major speed and security improvements, maybe it should be called: Windows BTE That's Windows Ball-Tearer Edition... Xeon - Experiment: 2x SL6EP 2.4/400@3450+|PC-DL 1.04-B05 BIOS1009|2Gb GeIL Ultra-X PC3200 2-2-2-5| Gigabyte 6600GT Fanless Heatpipes|silent Samsung HD's|Antec Titan550|stock voltages|IWT+Agilent cooler| AMD - Experiment: Opteron165 1.8@2.25 CCBWE 0551WPMW|stock heatpipe HSF|HP/nVidia QuadroFX4500| Antec TPII 550W|Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe|4Gb Corsair TwinX2048-4000PT|2x Dell 2405FPW's|more 2 come..|

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