Longhorn question
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Quvack
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It really shouldnt have many problems running them, I've played with the latest leak of it for a little and had no problems, but thats uber alpha version, who knows what will happen but it really shouldnt have many issues if they keep compatibility up, which I'm fairly sure they would 
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smcd
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From my understanding, Microsoft is trying to break backwards compatibility in Longhorn (however, doing this will surely cause chaos and piss off numerous amounts of people, so in the end they'll probably provide some sort of compatibility). If not, 1)don't upgrade (I've played with the alpha releases, it's just a modified XP edition at the moment) or 2) keep another OS along side it and dual boot.
DarthDazDC
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setmcdoogle, i dont see how u can write ur 1st reason as its a very, very early alpha build that isnt to be released until sometime in 2006, when the beta is released (which should be mid next year) then we'll see if there will be backwards compatibility for programs or not.
smcd
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Stalkid64 said:
I got my alphas legally TYVM. I subscribed (it ended June 2004) to MSDN Universal, and you can also occasionally pick them up from MSDN conferences. None of this "psst hey, Microsoft" is going to scare me.
Darth> I am basing my reasoning on items which I have read regarding the future of MS and longhorn, as well as what I've heard from speakers from Microsoft regarding these things as well.
Personally, I feel they'll have some sort of compatibility layer, otherwise they'll lose a large consumer base (unless they somehow manipulate those consumers to buy VirtualPC Super longhorn edition special or whatever it will be called).
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smcd
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Hmm, seems they are keeping backwards compatibility aperbag:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/Support/lhdevfaq/default.aspx
Other sites suggest it still might not allow older programs to "absolutely run well":
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/vstudio/vstudio_082603.asp
Look at how many applications are broken or acting in a different manner from the SP2 release for XP, and also there were (are) compatibility issues between .NET 1.0 and 1.1 even.
While it probably won't be perfect, it appears they are going to at least attempt it. (Which is different that what I read/heard back around 2002, should have researched before posting eh?)
aperbag: http://msdn.microsoft.com/Longhorn/Support/lhdevfaq/default.aspx
Other sites suggest it still might not allow older programs to "absolutely run well":
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/vstudio/vstudio_082603.asp
Look at how many applications are broken or acting in a different manner from the SP2 release for XP, and also there were (are) compatibility issues between .NET 1.0 and 1.1 even.
While it probably won't be perfect, it appears they are going to at least attempt it. (Which is different that what I read/heard back around 2002, should have researched before posting eh?)