You have no idea how fast the windows .net OS is. ANANDTECH IS FAST!

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Munchies
You can downlaod at home it dont matter its just the login /pass to the key and the cd image of it at MS

Okay, sweet. I look forward to getting your email/PM or however you were going to get me the info.

nik

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Windows.NET...

wtf is RC1??

I haven't seen advertisements for a new version of windows...

'wtf is RC1' ?????? i thought you worked for an ISP???

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Munchies
Omg pages load in seconds, neithere win 98,xp home,xp pro, win 2k have loaded anandtech so fast. This is justa beta. Its unbelivable.

=sigh= on any PC faster than (say) 300 MHz the speed of AT is determined entirely by how quickly the AT servers respond to HTTP requests and by the speed of your internet connection. On slower PCs the browser rendering time would have a tiny effect on the speed.

Besides, the difference between XP and .Net is only in any tweaks to the shell plus the inclusion of the .Net framework. Since IE is written in C/C++ and uses Win32 GDI calls not .Net the presence of the .Net framework has no effect on the speed of IE.

Look up "placebo effect" for more technical details.

 

[no0b]

Can I get a .net copy under your license?

 

[Nocturnal]

anyone can sign up for it at that link that munchie gave. you can either order it on cd, or you can download it. ms has been doing this for a while. i remember getting xp rc1 and 2 on cd when they did this. i recently got visual studio . net on cd too.

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: Munchies
Omg pages load in seconds, neithere win 98,xp home,xp pro, win 2k have loaded anandtech so fast. This is justa beta. Its unbelivable.

=sigh= on any PC faster than (say) 300 MHz the speed of AT is determined entirely by how quickly the AT servers respond to HTTP requests and by the speed of your internet connection. On slower PCs the browser rendering time would have a tiny effect on the speed.

Besides, the difference between XP and .Net is only in any tweaks to the shell plus the inclusion of the .Net framework. Since IE is written in C/C++ and uses Win32 GDI calls not .Net the presence of the .Net framework has no effect on the speed of IE.

Look up "placebo effect" for more technical details.

well said

 

[no0b]

yea but I dont feel like waiting 2 weeks to be able to download it.

 

[glenn1]

Windows .NET Server 2003 is at RC1.

Is Windows.NET server the same as the OS codenamed "Blackcomb" that i used to read about?

 

[narzy]

Originally posted by: glenn1

Windows .NET Server 2003 is at RC1.

Is Windows.NET server the same as the OS codenamed "Blackcomb" that i used to read about?

no.

 

[MisterPants]

I want it

 

[Valinos]

woot i want

 

[gopunk]

if i get windows .net server, will it be equitable?

 

[Descartes]

FYI:

If you give others you betaplace passport, you can be rest assured that you won't be on any future betas. Indeed, they can get the RC1 themselves, so there's no need to give them your account.



And yes, as DaveSimmons pointed out, you're thinking that Windows .NET is responsible for loading AT faster is absolutely absurd

 

[BadNewsBears]

And if its under the same licesne descartes how will MS know?

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Munchies
And if its under the same licesne descartes how will MS know?

If you download it, your IP is trackable to different places. If you distribute it on CD, does it have to register itself like WinXP? Will it show that one guy's license has registered 98,000 times all over the world?

nik

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Windows.NET...

wtf is RC1??

I haven't seen advertisements for a new version of windows...

RC = release candidate means a beta version)

its the server version of XP , sort of

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Windows.NET...

wtf is RC1??

I haven't seen advertisements for a new version of windows...

RC = release candidate means a beta version)

its the server version of XP , sort of

o_0

 

[Jugernot]

We just got a copy of this the other day through my works MSDN subscription. Maybe I'll try it out...

 

[Colt45]

yeah, windows .NET = windows XP server.

from what i remember..

 

[Nemesis77]

The OS has nothing to do with the speed of websites. What matters is:

1. Speed of the internet-connection.
2. Speed of the servers.
3. Browsers HTML-rendering-speed.

An example of a fast browser (#3) would be Konqueror, Mozilla and Opera.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77
The OS has nothing to do with the speed of websites. What matters is:

1. Speed of the internet-connection.
2. Speed of the servers.
3. Browsers HTML-rendering-speed.

An example of a fast browser (#3) would be Konqueror, Mozilla and Opera.

mozilla is not any faster than IE6, at least on my computer

 

[TuxDave]

I dunno, I can SORTA see how an OS can make browsing seem faster. What if it has some 'smart' caching program that it automatically downloads the websites they you frequently visit while it's sitting around. So once you get there, it loads up almost instantly.

-Dave-

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77
The OS has nothing to do with the speed of websites. What matters is:

1. Speed of the internet-connection.
2. Speed of the servers.
3. Browsers HTML-rendering-speed.

An example of a fast browser (#3) would be Konqueror, Mozilla and Opera.

This has already been established in the thread.

nik

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77
The OS has nothing to do with the speed of websites. What matters is:

1. Speed of the internet-connection.
2. Speed of the servers.
3. Browsers HTML-rendering-speed.

An example of a fast browser (#3) would be Konqueror, Mozilla and Opera.

Too bad konqueror is a POS when it comes to rendering things correctly

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: gopunk

Originally posted by: Nemesis77
The OS has nothing to do with the speed of websites. What matters is:

1. Speed of the internet-connection.
2. Speed of the servers.
3. Browsers HTML-rendering-speed.

An example of a fast browser (#3) would be Konqueror, Mozilla and Opera.

mozilla is not any faster than IE6, at least on my computer

It doesn't load as fast, but actual page-rendering is faster. Just about every single comparison I have seen says that same thing.