Nice screenshots! I love the way Longhorn looks and can't wait for the retail version to come out. The only thing I find annoying maybe the new SideBar. You can remove that right?
Aimed for normal people; anybody with a Computer Capable of running it will have a 30, 40Gig Hard Drive. They cost about £10 now You're either tight - or have nothing on your computer.
Hah, what I love about linux is that you have installs as small as 50 megs (DamnSmallLinux), or up to 6, 7 gigs (Full package install of Fedora Core 3)