Longhorn is now officially "Windows Vista"

[ValuedCustomer]

Originally posted by: grimdeath
being the "mainstream" OS out there, windows went with something that appeals to a larger audience then computer nerds like ourselves...most familes and especially older people seem a little more turned off by techy sounding names with large amounts of numbers and letters

Yea, in all seriousness, M$ likely has 100s of people (ergonomic engineers) getting paid LOTS of money to figure out what names, colors, materials, etc appeal to the public as a whole. Vista sounds geh to me but I'm (none of us are) an average user and that's who they're marketing to.

 

[spyordie007]

Yea, in all seriousness, M$ likely has 100s of people (ergonomic engineers) getting paid LOTS of money to figure out what names, colors, materials, etc appeal to the public as a whole. Vista sounds geh to me but I'm (none of us are) an average user and that's who they're marketing to.

What about those of us who manage VLAs? :roll:

As I said before I'm not holding my breath on the name, etc. They've still got a long way to go until it's release and about the only thing that is certain is that there will be a lot of things that change between now and than.

 

[Genx87]

This is awesome news. I didnt think XP was intrusive enough.

Same great look but more intrusiveness!

Just what the doc ordered!

 

[vrbaba]

Originally posted by: timswim78
This is the least informative website for an OS, ever:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx

haha:
Heres a quote from there:

Introducing Windows Vista?

It enables a new level of confidence in your PC and in your ability to get the most out of it.

 

[Xyclone]

:roll: