I expect all hardware new as of this year will work fine with longhorn - so you
should be safe. Hardware more than a year old or with low ram (256 or less)
will be a problem... I know some people running the WinHEC build on VPC with
low ram, but it's a slug (in part because early builds are always a slug). I
have the WinHEC build on my old laptop - an HP with 512 of ram. It's probably
an 800 mhz (too old to remember :))... and it's not bad... not that much else
runs on it.
And don't forget... it's going to be at least a year before its available to
your customers.... and if they should decide to upgrade, a computer built to
today's typical standards should run just fine with longhorn.
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The reason I hate to see new operating systems with major changes come out
is the fact that current hardware is not designed for it. True, you can
plead and beg and wait on the release of the new drivers. Naturally you will
be promised that the drivers for new operating system compatible drivers are
ok. How can a patched current piece of hardware that is made compatible with
a new operating system perform as well as hardware designed for the new
operating system?
As a computer OEM, this may be my first time in delaying building new
computers with the new operating system on them. I will have to wait and see
how it shakes out. I would hate to know my customers are going to have major
issues with their perepherials etc. It was easy to get Windows 95 hardware
etc. to run with Windows 98. The changes were not so bold then.
Any advice as to how this new operating system change should be approached
will be deeply appreciated.
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