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Longhorn concept - YouTube
Windows Longhorn/vista, slated for October 2003. Wow! It's weird to think 10 years ago, there would had been the most advanced Windows or any other operating system ever. Such potential and such failure that left the biggest software company in tatters almost and STILL even to this day, are suffering the consequences of that failure with a screwed up release cycle that is behind what it should be, and Windows versions that missed new computing methods with touch by far definitely late.
Although vista/Longhorn was the biggest failure of Microsoft, I have to draw some parallels to that and Windows 8. The video above showed off the concept UI of vista, and if you notice (you have to be keen on observation versus irrational generalizations) there is focus on typography, digital motion, telecommunications, solid windows and transparent Taskbar, white iconography, less focus on window chrome in general (no window control buttons per se but just markings, large back button, small forward button), a large top section of the File Explorer UI that has some commands on it, and lastly a gadget sidebar UI that kind of looks more uniform than just strewn about gadgets, almost like live tiles. Except, what a ridiculous amount of 3D effects and light shadows!
And I also wanted to add this, the Windows Neptune build. If you also notice, it has some interesting details like Windows 8, simple clean lines.
What the point I want to get across is that this metro design concept of Windows 8 really isn't anything new and yet it is at the same time. Ten years ago would had brought the most radical and advanced version of Windows to date. Ten years later brought the most radical and also advanced version of Windows ever to be used on a WHOLE multitude of PCs, not just desktops or laptops, but tablets and further branching out into the smartphone. Quite something.
Windows Longhorn/vista, slated for October 2003. Wow! It's weird to think 10 years ago, there would had been the most advanced Windows or any other operating system ever. Such potential and such failure that left the biggest software company in tatters almost and STILL even to this day, are suffering the consequences of that failure with a screwed up release cycle that is behind what it should be, and Windows versions that missed new computing methods with touch by far definitely late.
Although vista/Longhorn was the biggest failure of Microsoft, I have to draw some parallels to that and Windows 8. The video above showed off the concept UI of vista, and if you notice (you have to be keen on observation versus irrational generalizations) there is focus on typography, digital motion, telecommunications, solid windows and transparent Taskbar, white iconography, less focus on window chrome in general (no window control buttons per se but just markings, large back button, small forward button), a large top section of the File Explorer UI that has some commands on it, and lastly a gadget sidebar UI that kind of looks more uniform than just strewn about gadgets, almost like live tiles. Except, what a ridiculous amount of 3D effects and light shadows!
And I also wanted to add this, the Windows Neptune build. If you also notice, it has some interesting details like Windows 8, simple clean lines.
What the point I want to get across is that this metro design concept of Windows 8 really isn't anything new and yet it is at the same time. Ten years ago would had brought the most radical and advanced version of Windows to date. Ten years later brought the most radical and also advanced version of Windows ever to be used on a WHOLE multitude of PCs, not just desktops or laptops, but tablets and further branching out into the smartphone. Quite something.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS
- CPU
- AMD FX 8320
- Motherboard
- Crosshair V Formula-Z
- Memory
- 16 gig DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS R9 270
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
x2 3 TB Toshibas
Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
- PSU
- OCZ 500 watt
- Case
- A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
- Cooling
- Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
- Keyboard
- Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
- Mouse
- Microsoft Touch Mouse
- Browser
- Internet Explorer 11
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014