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By Ina Fried
Posted on ZDNet News: Feb 19, 2004 12:47:00 AM

Microsoft said it will unveil the hardware requirements needed to run Longhorn--the next version of Windows--at a May developer conference.

In an e-mail, the software maker said it will outline the required specifications for computers to run Windows at WinHEC (the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference), which takes place May 4 to May 7 in Seattle.

In a promotional e-mail for the conference, Microsoft said hardware and driver developers could "get the first close look" at Longhorn. In addition to the system requirements, the Redmond, Wash., company said it will detail how to write the drivers needed to connect hardware in Longhorn, along with "future directions for mobile computing and Tablet PCs, Media Center Edition, 64-bit Windows" and embedded versions of Windows.

Microsoft released a developers' preview of the software at its Professional Developers Conference last fall and has promised that the first beta, or test, version will be made available this summer. The company has not said when a final version of Longhorn will arrive, but analysts expect that it will be late 2005 or 2006.

The company has billed Longhorn as the biggest advance for Windows since Windows 95. The operating system features three major upgrades--a new graphics and presentation engine known as Avalon, a new communications architecture called Indigo and a new file system known as WinFS.

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Well no, but  Jay Cash | 02/18/04
Anxiously awaiting this...  Mike Cox | 02/18/04
Huh...  Harvey Birdman | 02/18/04
Naw, the hula hoop far outranked it  Jay Cash | 02/18/04
yep     | 02/18/04
How does a grape crush its competitiors?  Jay Cash | 02/19/04
Wasn't there a guy named....  Chris Moller | 02/19/04
Scary  IT_User | 02/19/04
Yeah  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/19/04
2 Thumbs Up, Mike Cox!  GraysonPeddie | 02/18/04
Yes, it's the future of computing.  Anton Philidor | 02/18/04
Master of understatement  Jay Cash | 02/19/04
Not his best effort  IT_User | 02/19/04
Microsoft does care for Widows and Orphans  Anton Philidor | 02/19/04
The capitalized stock  IT_User | 02/19/04
What?  prrawlins | 02/19/04
Clever, but....  Jigamafloo | 02/20/04
you said the same thing about xp  stephen732@... | 02/18/04
ROFLMAO  JWatson77 | 02/19/04
WinME  prrawlins | 02/19/04
hehe  Lunpa | 02/22/04
Market analysis, Detroit style  IT_User | 02/19/04
Fine form  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/19/04
Oh man  mabricen | 04/01/04
Yes. Yes it is.  Harvey Birdman | 02/18/04
No more for me thank you!  MkIIISupra | 02/18/04
Gee whiz, that's fantastic.     | 02/18/04
You missed it?  MkIIISupra | 02/18/04
uh...  quietLee | 02/19/04
One more thing....  MkIIISupra | 02/18/04
And Yet Another Thing Or Two  bc_bc | 02/19/04
huh?  JoeMama_z | 02/20/04
I need help..  Arrg | 02/19/04
Mixed results  MkIIISupra | 02/19/04
Brought to you by Prester John  Jay Cash | 02/18/04
Why bother to check?  Franklin_z | 02/18/04
Is your PC ready for Longhorn?  Loverock Davidson | 02/18/04
yo crackhead!  stephen732@... | 02/18/04
Think again!  GraysonPeddie | 02/18/04
You CAN, but WOULD you  Jay Cash | 02/19/04
Read again!  IT_User | 02/19/04
I know Games are the only thing holding me to MS  voska | 02/19/04
I play ET everyday on linux  Arrg | 02/19/04
Yes you can, nothing stops you  voska | 02/19/04
This is getting ridiculous  Michael Kelly | 02/19/04
Not Really  bit_rot | 02/19/04
Oops!  chiishen | 02/19/04
Hippocrates?  Jack-Booted EULA | 02/19/04
Maybe it has to do with the oath they all swear?  IT_User | 02/19/04
Will be building one in the future for Longhorn  idnew2008@... | 02/18/04
Dual 10Ghz Processors, 30GB RAM with a 1.6Ghz system bus  NT Admin | 02/19/04
And it will be as fast as  Update victim | 02/19/04
I can't wait to get my new laptop!  GraysonPeddie | 02/18/04
LOL  stephen732@... | 02/18/04
Will be buying it...  idnew2008@... | 02/18/04
that's the ticket  stephen732@... | 02/18/04
I'll buy it  JWatson77 | 02/19/04
Need an OS-free computer?  pixelpshr | 02/19/04
Yes I do  JWatson77 | 02/19/04
Personally I'd take the OS from MS  voska | 02/19/04
Personaly - I'd like to be able to make that choice (NT)  JWatson77 | 02/19/04
Don't buy DELL then  voska | 02/19/04
Indeed...  Zogg | 02/20/04
Ohh boy, here they go again ....  michael-t | 02/18/04
Great, another masterpiece ahead!  pa2004 | 02/18/04
Hmm  tjrc | 02/18/04
Tower of Pisa!  Jay Cash | 02/19/04
I'll wait and see  voska | 02/19/04
Here boy! Here boy! Stay focused!  jonnormand | 02/18/04
has a current pc ever been ready for a new windows OS?  JWatson77 | 02/19/04
True he has a point  angvil | 02/19/04
Ancient history, but  Update victim | 02/19/04
but what?  JoeMama_z | 02/20/04
MS breaks new ground again  Richard Flude | 02/19/04
Come on,  Teknophobic | 02/19/04
Wonderful  Richard Flude | 02/19/04
WHOS DA FOOL NOW? WAIT WAIT!  angvil | 02/19/04
MS has to re-think !  Chris.Papoudaris@... | 02/19/04
No current PC is  Unicornrider | 02/19/04
Shouldn't The Question Be...  MonsterPuppy | 02/19/04
Longhorn Ready  wadeprater | 02/19/04
Longhorn comes with handcuffs and air pump  Xunil_Sierutuf | 02/19/04
Of course not, foolish to ask for it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/19/04
Or to put it another way.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/19/04
Linux is not limited to older hardware  j.m.galvin | 02/19/04
Never said it was? Me thinks you protest too much.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/19/04
And the MS janitor said  Rick_K | 02/20/04
Best of breed is never a knock off.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/20/04
Microsoft might copy best of breed...  B.O.F.H. | 02/20/04
Best of breed and.............  Rick_K | 02/20/04
I'd build for both personally  voska | 02/19/04
Not really...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/19/04
I don't know about that guessing from OEM prices to Retail  voska | 02/19/04
Could you explain...  John L. Ries | 02/20/04
But nice when you get it  tic swayback | 02/19/04
Historically true  IT_User | 02/19/04
So true  j.m.galvin | 02/19/04
Hmmm, maybe, but I see it differently.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/19/04
What are they?  j.m.galvin | 02/19/04
It gets pretty long...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/19/04
Much of what you listed is already available!  B.O.F.H. | 02/19/04
SHow me the single machine that will do all of it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/20/04
Not contending that it "can't" happen  IT_User | 02/19/04
I agree it's an evolution, not a revolution.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/20/04
The question was "Ready for your PC?"  voska | 02/19/04
And I said of course not. Right???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/19/04
I am buying a new laptop with Longhorn on it  DonB_z | 02/19/04
Is your PC ready for Longhorn?  skeptic tank | 02/19/04
Re: pc ready  DonB_z | 02/19/04
All of your posts are flame bait  skeptic tank | 02/19/04
Windows 95 copied Apple OS 7...  MacGeek2121 | 02/19/04
I don't know about that  voska | 02/19/04
Ready for Longhorn? Who Cares?  rdwhitti | 02/19/04
I HIGHLY doubt it  voska | 02/19/04
So true  j.m.galvin | 02/19/04
Ignore this post - I put it in the wrong place  j.m.galvin | 02/19/04
new activation even more envasive then last  JWatson77 | 02/19/04
Explain yourself.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/19/04
He may be refering to....  JoeMama_z | 02/20/04
More Lock-in Bloatware?  brenthawkinsmd | 02/19/04
The sure got the pro-MS crowd out on this one ...  George Jay | 02/19/04
No. M$ Is Irrelevent to me.  ITGuy04 | 02/20/04
Enough about Macs! This is an article about Longhorn  zeusfuse | 02/20/04
Longhorn = OSX  MacCanuck | 02/20/04
your PC envy is on display here  zeusfuse | 02/23/04
Sure... using MS software is effortless  MacCanuck | 02/24/04
What are you trying to say?  Rick_K | 02/20/04
Is your A$$ ready for the longhorn?  Tammee | 02/20/04
Do I want it to be?  John L. Ries | 02/20/04
Dual 7 Ghz Itanium 4 or Athlon 256 processors  jcpwebman | 02/21/04
Is your OS ready for panther  FilledOut | 02/21/04
???????  MacCanuck | 02/22/04
Fed Up!  wlbrock7@... | 03/20/04

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