Dual Processors In Your Future
The next version of Microsoft’s operating system, codenamed Longhorn, isn’t due out until “holiday 2006″. Given Microsoft’s track record, we can reasonably expect to see it sometime in the second quarter of 2007.
This is good news, because in order to take full advantage of the new OS you are going to have to start saving your pennies for a pretty hefty computer:
“Longhorn will provide an absolutely fabulous gaming experience,” Russell told WinHEC attendees. In order to be able to take the fullest advantage of Longhorn as a gaming platform, Russell suggested PC makers gravitate toward 64-bit dual-core processors, 1 GB of memory, 56 MB of graphics memory and advanced LDDM support.
I wonder what that’ll cost?
I wonder what that’ll cost?
about $600 by the end of 2006 the way thigns are going.
correct me if i am wrong but didnt the marketing director for microsoft come out and say that lomghorn wasn’t going to be all that…i saw this onthe g4 network.
i hope it’s great…but i feel it will be more of the same…covering up functionality with pictures (gui) but not offering icreased power through 64 bit chips.