It's been a long year. On May 4, 2004, Microsoft group vice president Jim Allchin provided a keynote address at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2004 (see my show report), during which he demonstrated Longhorn builds 4067 and 4069 and discussed such Longhorn features as Avalon, Indigo, and Aero. The company then provided build 4074 to show goers, and to MSDN subscribers. It looked like Longhorn was finally on track. Unbeknownst to those outside of Microsoft, Longhorn was about to take a major detour. The 4000-series builds that Microsoft had just shown off and handed out had already run their course and were destined for the technological dustbin.
The problem, I was told recently, was that the underpinnings of Longhorn-then based on the Windows XP code base-were struggling under the weight of all of the technologies that Microsoft planed to implement in this release. I'll make available an exclusive write-up about what happened next sometime in June 2005, but for now let's just say that Longhorn's architects went back to the drawing board.
The 4000-series builds were scrapped, and the company started building Longhorn again from scratch, using the Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1, see my preview) code base (as it did for the x64 version of Windows XP (see my preview). The idea is that Longhorn needed to be better componentized from the start, so that the company could offer more discrete versions of the product to customers and more easily add-on the many disparate technologies it was developing. These versions of Longhorn are identified by their 5000-series build numbers.
Late last month, Microsoft finally issued its first public build of Longhorn, build 5048. Also known cryptically as the Longhorn Developer Preview, Longhorn build 5048 was actually created on April 1, 2005 and does not reflect some of the advancements Microsoft has recently made.
That was by design: Longhorn build 5048 is designed largely for device driver writers and, as such, does not include many of the user interface niceties we're expect from Longhorn. Furthermore, it actually represents a usability back-step from last year's build 4074.
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That's because some features, like the Sidebar and the new system-wide Contacts utility, are missing in action in 5048. There are reasons for these omissions. None of them are particularly good.
Um, you're joking, right? I have to be honest here. After a year without a single new Longhorn build and very little concrete information about what was going on with the project, I had high expectations for build 5048. And a pre-WinHEC briefing with the software giant did nothing to assuage those hopes.
Plus, I've seen advanced Longhorn UI work and I knew how cool this thing was going to be. Build 5048 communicates none of that. And that's a shame, because Microsoft had a chance to ramp up the momentum of a product that, quite frankly, could use a little momentum.
On the one hand, we have Windows XP with SP2, which many people describe as 'good enough,' a phrase that will haunt Microsoft for years to come as it tries to foist new Windows and Microsoft Office versions on them with decreasing success. On the other hand, I present the competition, Linux and Mac OS X. The Linux market may be convoluted and disjointed, but Linux, too, is 'good enough,' and it's free, along with 'good enough' applications like OpenOffice.org and better Web browsers, like Firefox.
It gets worse. Apple's Mac OS X, recently upgrade to version 10.4 ('Tiger,' ) is more than 'good enough.' In many ways, OS X is simply better than Windows, especially for experienced computer users, and Tiger rubs Microsoft's nose in the embarrassment of shipping a key Longhorn feature-instant desktop search-a full year ahead of the software giant. That's right folks. We already knew that Microsoft was facing smaller, nimbler competitors. But those competitors are now starting to outperform Microsoft in the feature department too. It's time for Redmond to stop pretending Linux and OS X don't exist.
Anyway, Longhorn build 5048 is pretty boring. That it's boring by design doesn't make me much happier. I do know that the company will add back major new functionality in time for Beta 1 (currently scheduled for June 30, 2005, but you know how those release dates have a way of slipping) and then again for Beta 2 (a nebulous release that Microsoft will not commit a date to). But sitting here in early May 2005, surveying the state of Longhorn, it's not pretty. Longhorn build 5048 is a disappointment. I think Microsoft is facing a big hurdle from the 'good enough' crowd.
I bought my WinXP box in 2001 and Office XP followed shortly after. Iirc, the only money MS has made off of me since that time would be for some games and a new MS optical mouse after I wore out my original from playing Diablo II. A lot of people I know still run Office 97, and for what most people.even most business.use it for that is more than enough. WinXP with SP2 is a fairly decent OS and they would have to stop supporting it for me to want to upgrade.they'd have to release a patch breaking Office XP before I would upgrade.
These days I spend most of my time on my Mac and am running OS X 10.4 Tiger. The added features of Tiger (OS X in general) are really missed when I have to use XP. From Thursday, Apr 28, 2005 - Jim Allchin - From starving musician to Longhorn vice president downloadable interview (47 minutes, 188.1MB) Yesterday morning we sat down with Vice President Jim Allchin (aka the guy who is responsible for developing Windows). Here's an index of the questions we ask. We talk about Longhorn and the recent Winhec conference, as well as get a personal look into Jim's life. 00:00 Where are we and who are you? Handbook of banking information n toor pdf writer. 00:25 What do you do?
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1:10 If you wanted to change the start button to a purple color you could probably get it done, huh? 1:30 What's your average day like?
3:00 What's a Jim Allchin review like? 5:14 What don't we know about you? 7:30 You're dogfooding Longhorn? 8:41 Tell me about your press tour last week. (Discussion about what Jim's passionate about; 64-bit, peer-to-peer, stuff happening around edge).
14:35 What's going to be thrilling in Longhorn? (Reaction to Winhec reaction. Discussion of Metro. Discussion of what Winhec was for).
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18:17 Why are you so passionate about 64-bit Windows? 22:13 When did you get into this industry? 22:35 Are you suprised by how far this industry has come in just your lifetime? (Discussion of where industry is heading). 24:53 So the PC is not dead? 25:17 Getting the Channel 9 guys involved.
What's coming on the Tablet PC? 27:30 Any guesses on how long it'll take most mobile devices to have inking capabilities? 29:07 What's the developer story on Longhorn?
31:16 What is a business going to get out of upgrading to Longhorn? 36:09 The most exciting thing about Longhorn for me is security improvements (discussion of security improvements in Longhorn).
38:12 What kinds of new applications (or improved ones, like Notepad/Paint) will ship with Longhorn? 39:03 Will Avalon and Indigo be in Longhorn? 39:40 What is the desktop compositor? 41:33 What will Longhorn do with RSS? 43:00 What's different about search in Longhorn? 45:45 When will we get a chance to use Longhorn?
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The newest versions of the next generation of Windows add graphics sizzle and more search features, but lack visible productivity enhancements. The most recent build of Longhorn has some impressive visual touches, including the kinds of translucent objects found now in Apple's OS X, and more powerful ways of finding files. But it doesn't yet exhibit any breakthroughs in productivity, or promised features such as security improvements and smarter connections to handheld devices. We tested the 64-bit version of the latest code released to developers (Longhorn build 5048) and have also viewed demonstrations of a subsequent build. The first beta release of the operating system's desktop version should be available by the time you read this.
Don't miss next month's PC World for a full rundown. Over the last several years, Microsoft has touted Longhorn's trio of significant innovations: a graphics engine dubbed Avalon; a technology called Indigo, that enables programs on different computers or devices to communicate; and an indexed, searchable data storage layer called WinFS. But when faced with a self-imposed release deadline of late 2006, Microsoft decided last year to pull WinFS out of Longhorn, promising to release that component as an add-on later. So what of the two remaining Longhorn design pillars? A new desktop theme called Aero is about the only sign of Avalon graphics in our pre-beta.
Turning mundane buttons, window frames, title bars, and icons into animated, 3D-rendered, and sometimes transparent objects, Aero brings the Windows interface to life. Indigo, which supports enhanced Web services, won't be visible to end users.
But even though WinFS is now out of the mix, Microsoft has taken advantage of file attributes in the NTFS file system already available in Windows XP to make Explorer better at ferreting out documents according to author, camera model (for photographs), or genre or album title (for music files). The operating system lets you create virtual lists based on these attributes so that, for example, you can see every photo on your system or all Microsoft Word files, regardless of where they are stored and without having to explicitly search for them. Longhorn will also do a better job of connecting to cameras, audio players and smart phones (Microsoft wouldn't indicate whether the phones would have to run the company's Windows Mobile operating system).
It will improve their integration into Explorer and making file transfers and synchronisation more consistent across device types. Still notably absent from the Longhorn builds we've looked at are new versions of the Internet Explorer browser (even though Microsoft has said it is close to releasing a beta of IE 7) or any other bundled utilities.
Gone, for the time being anyway, is the desktop sidebar that lurked in previous preliminary versions of Longhorn. And in spite of announced planned enhancements such as monitoring of outbound data (Windows XP's firewall watches inbound traffic only), protection against malware, a new type of restricted user account, and a secure startup scheme to ensure that a PC hasn't been tampered with, Longhorn so far has the same minimal security toolbox as Windows XP with Service Pack 2. Though security remains an unresolved issue, build 5048 brings Longhorn's graphical user interface into sharper focus. Catch-up eye candy The new Avalon graphics engine includes a programming interface that permits Microsoft and third-party software makers alike to write applications that put the latest and greatest graphics cards to work rotating, texturing, and fading windows, as well as making menus, title bars, and other elements translucent - finally enabling Windows to catch up to Apple's OS X, several years after the fact.
We managed to activate a subset of these features in our copy of Longhorn build 5048, and they're certainly welcome refinements. Nevertheless, the integration of accelerated graphics effects into Windows is a luxury upgrade, not a must-have productivity enhancer. And although the effects in Avalon won't necessarily require bleeding-edge hardware, they will call for a graphics board compatible with the new Longhorn Display Driver Model, likely ruling out many legacy systems. Microsoft has yet to announce minimum Longhorn system requirements, but for PC buyers seeking insurance that a new system will run Longhorn, the company advises getting 512MB of RAM and a 'modern' CPU - more than Windows XP needs. As with most of the recent Windows updates, the easiest way to get Longhorn will be on a new PC, and by late 2006 most new PCs will be 64-bit. Reflecting that trend, all editions of Longhorn will include both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
(Microsoft officials say that they are still mulling over whether features included in the Tablet PC and Media Center editions of XP will continue to require special editions of Windows.) File management Less clear in build 5048 is Microsoft's vision for searching, indexing, and grouping files. WinFS was intended to create a systemwide data-indexing system accessible to Windows and to various applications, both on the local computer system and on linked devices.
With the removal of WinFS from Longhorn, indexing is scaled back, although not forgotten. Familiar folders like My Documents and My Pictures still allow you to sort contents according to attribute type , such as file date, size, author, title, subject, attached keywords, bit rate (in the case of audio files), or camera model (in the case of digital pictures). Regrettably, Microsoft won't immediately extend virtual lists and other Longhorn search and indexing capabilities to third-party apps. Those programs will have to wait for the appearance of WinFS sometime after Longhorn's release. Perhaps conscious that its failure to satisfactorily secure Internet Explorer has driven millions of the browser's users to switch to the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox - and possibly hoping to avoid a similar exodus to Mac OS X or Linux - Microsoft has announced several security initiatives such as a new low-rights user account that will let the owner make routine system changes (such as installing a driver) while limiting malware exposure.
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