[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ Windows 'Longhorn' will need whopper PCs

[Zone55555]

Now if this quote doesn't make your short & curlies stand straight up, I don't know what will:

Microsoft is expected to recommend that the 'average' Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz; a minimum of 2 gigs of RAM; up to a terabyte of storage; a 1 Gbit, built-in, Ethernet-wired port and an 802.11g wireless link; and a graphics processor that runs three times faster than those on the market today.

Article on the upcoming 'Longhorn' version of Windows

Yowza... don't think I'll be overclocking my 1GHz to that kind of category of machine.

[TWINE006]

Sounds a bit far-fetched to me... Unless M$ really is going to take that long to develop their new OS. The triple-the-graphics-processor-power thing makes me even more doubtful, unless we'll be experiencing Windows Longhorn in fully 3d DirectX 12... Not to mention the fact that a dual-CPU system is a completely pointless suggestion. Having more than one processor won't speed up your machine or make your OS chug around any faster... all it does is allow your system to run more processes at the same time more efficiently than usual with attempted with a single CPU. So unless M$ is really crapping out when it comes to OS optimization skills (if they ever had any to begin with)... I truly do not believe these kind of system specs.