Longhorn will require more than 512MB of RAM. I have never had "any" version of Windows run smoothly with the minimum recommended RAM. I think MS must base their calculations on the premise that Windows will be the "only" program installed on your computer.
-JDM
(*BTW, the people I've talked to about Longhorn say that most of the good stuff will be under the hood. That's nice to know, but it will be a tough sell for MS...people like what they can see.)
The new article with a sneek peak of Windows longhorn has made me much less stressed out ( http://tinyurl.com/75dhm ).
Someone said you would need like 4GB of RAM to run it well and you would also have to have a 64 bit processor. Well not only does the article mention it will need "at least 512MB of RAM" but it also says it comes in a 64 bit AND 32 bit versions. I think that because longhorn will also have 32 bit version, 64 bit will become the standard at a much later time then most people were expecting.
I'm just very thankful that M$ didnt just go all out and make a OS that needs a $2,000+ computer to run.

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