[ 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]

Oops, I misread it and thought it said dual-CPU (as in two completely seperate CPUs in one box)... my mistake. As for the graphics card thing, I am not denying the fact that the technology will be readily available when Longhorn finnally comes out. I'm just at a loss for why the OS itself would require such a seemingly tremendous (even for late 2006...) system power... or have I just misunderstood once again... are they simply claiming that most people will have such machines but that the OS doesn't necessarily require such power? If so, forgive my stupidity, lol.

This post has been edited by TWINE006: May 10 2004, 11:33 PM