Microsoft names new software 'Windows Vista'

[jay8990]

Microsoft Corp. said on Friday it named the next version of its operating system "Windows Vista" as it prepares to release a trial version of the flagship software that already runs on nine out of 10 personal computers worldwide.


Windows Vista, formerly known by its code-name Longhorn, is scheduled to launch in the second half of 2006, five years after Windows XP, the longest time lag between releases of its Windows operating system.

from http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050722/80/fnyac.html

 

[99nasha]

Nice....Any screenshots?

 

[technoman2]

god no .. lol i would say longhorn sounds better

 

[jay8990]

i like vista! its better than XP

come on! what is xp!?

no screenshots, all i know is what yahoo say

 

[winterfreshpwnz]

Yeah I heard about this already, and feel Longhorn was a better name, but doesn't realy matter what it's called, just so long as it's stable and reliable and more improved over XP.

 

[technoman2]

i like vista! its better than XP

come on! what is xp!?

no screenshots, all i know is what yahoo say

in the end i liked the name XP but they have used it way to much

 

[Charchris]

Vista kinda sounds cheesy

 

[technoman2]

sounds crap mate, o well i will not be getting it

 

[David Lindon]

Sounds cool

 

[catalyst1]

Bunch of pictures here:
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=windows+longhorn

This picture is especially interesting:

I've seen a couple websites describing some of the most interesting new features (like the angled windows pictured above), but I don't feel like looking for them now. Do a Google!