fafalone Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 Has anyone had any experience with the alpha builds, I ask because a new build (M5/4015) has leaked out and I was thinking about installing it to a new HD. If anyone has any experience as to the stability, I'm trying to find out if it's at all usable before I put myself through the torture of finding a viable download option for it (P2P is out, no one has it, and IRC is a nightmare because no one can send faster than 3-4kb/s, and thats after numerous hours spent in the queue). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the GardenGnome Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 I heard that the start button doesn't even work.(I heard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 Well there has to be a point between them putting the start button itself into the interface structure, and writing the code behind it. On the other hand it might be a cunning security feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 5, 2003 Share Posted May 5, 2003 It wouldn't surprise me. Microsoft at its best again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted May 5, 2003 Author Share Posted May 5, 2003 This is an ALPHA... it's not even a beta yet, so incompleteness is excusable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the GardenGnome Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 Now they are making the interface more Aqua kind of thing like Mac OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Richard Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 Microsoft won't ever come close with their vain attempts to make an operating system more stable than OSX or 9.2. Longhorn is all over EFNet and Traproot IRC, go find it on there and you're guaranteed faster pack speeds. I wouldn't mind, but Longhorn just sounds shit to me. Behold the lameness of their different-look-same-functionality OS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Syntax Posted July 27, 2003 Share Posted July 27, 2003 Microsoft Windows Longhorn is still under it's codename status, which is similar to the way XP was labeled `Whistler'. Microsoft spends more time working on anti-leak technology, than they do the actual OS as it is in this stage. MS Longhorn's newest builds are possible to get working, but it's not worth the effort, as the whole entire file-system is being code/tested as a seperate entity than NTFS/FAT(due to the .NET bullshit), which is why he said the start button doesn't work. The whole program group, and application execution is incomplete, and unimplemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaKiri Posted July 27, 2003 Share Posted July 27, 2003 Originally posted by Richard Microsoft won't ever come close with their vain attempts to make an operating system more stable than OSX or 9.2. You're either stuck back in the land of Windows ME or haven't used the same versions of OS9/X that I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Originally posted by MrL_JaKiri You're either stuck back in the land of Windows ME or haven't used the same versions of OS9/X that I have. I've been using OS X for about a year now and I think the only time that it's ever crashed has been when I loaded a dodgy kernel module. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Originally posted by fafalone Has anyone had any experience with the alpha builds, I ask because a new build (M5/4015) has leaked out and I was thinking about installing it to a new HD. If anyone has any experience as to the stability, I'm trying to find out if it's at all usable before I put myself through the torture of finding a viable download option for it (P2P is out, no one has it, and IRC is a nightmare because no one can send faster than 3-4kb/s, and thats after numerous hours spent in the queue). Well it seems to run like an alpha. Not very optimized but still stable. IRC is pretty much the only reliable way to get it right now. Bit Torrent is better but I haven't found LongHorn on it yet. Qriginally posted by DaveI've been using OS X for about a year now and I think the only time that it's ever crashed has been when I loaded a dodgy kernel module. Ever here of Windows 2000 Advanced Server? Or Windows 2000 Data Center? Or maybe even Windows XP? I have used them all and don't crash. I might get an error from a faulty app but don't blame that on the OS, it is always running smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted July 28, 2003 Author Share Posted July 28, 2003 http://torrents.nexornet.com/torrents/Microsoft%20Longhorn%20M5%20Build%204015.torrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Originally posted by fafalone http://torrents.nexornet.com/torrents/Microsoft%20Longhorn%20M5%20Build%204015.torrent :haha: Thank you, thank you thank you; thank you and thank you again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Originally posted by newbie Ever here of Windows 2000 Advanced Server? Or Windows 2000 Data Center? Or maybe even Windows XP? I have used them all and don't crash. I might get an error from a faulty app but don't blame that on the OS, it is always running smooth. What's your point then? I don't believe I was attacking the stability of any certain Microsoft products. I was merely pointing out that from my experience of OS X, it's an extremely stable client OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Originally posted by dave It wouldn't surprise me. Microsoft at its best again Well reading that quote looks like you are "attacking the stability of any certain Microsoft products". But if you are not then I apologize--please disregard my post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Originally posted by newbie Well reading that quote looks like you are "attacking the stability of any certain Microsoft products". Then why quote my other post and not include this one? I don't particularly like Microsoft (and may I say that the post was written with a certain amount of irony in mind - after all it is a beta), but I was simply trying to point out that in my experience OS X has been stable. There is no need to bite my head off for saying such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 Originally posted by dave Then why quote my other post and not include this one? I don't particularly like Microsoft (and may I say that the post was written with a certain amount of irony in mind - after all it is a beta), but I was simply trying to point out that in my experience OS X has been stable. There is no need to bite my head off for saying such a thing. I did not see the need to recap your posts. That is why I did not add the last quote. I saw sarcasm in the post, but like I said if I was wrong I am sorry--besides that it's alpha not beta. I was not "biting your head off" I was just returning the sarcasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blike Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 edit: disregard. the fool came over to my house and abducted my computer for his evil purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dethfire Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Originally posted by fafalone Has anyone had any experience with the alpha builds, I ask because a new build (M5/4015) has leaked out and I was thinking about installing it to a new HD. If anyone has any experience as to the stability, I'm trying to find out if it's at all usable before I put myself through the torture of finding a viable download option for it (P2P is out, no one has it, and IRC is a nightmare because no one can send faster than 3-4kb/s, and thats after numerous hours spent in the queue). Faf c'mon, an alpha by MS. The thing is worthless. I doubt it will even install properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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