Longhorn Build 6001 - What A Difference !

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I have always used Windows 2003 Server rather than Windows XP and admit
to disliking Vista Ultimate for many reasons.
Longhorn makes me feel right at home. It installed on a system
consisting of a EVGA nForce 680i SLI motherboard, a GeForce 7600 GT
graphics accelerator, and multiple SATA hard drives without a single
glitch. All the hardware was recognized properly.
Yes, I do know that Vista and Longhorn share much of the same code, but
there are important differences in some user interfaces and in some
functionality.
Longhorn has the same incredibly poorly designed Windows Explorer, but
overall the operating system runs properly and is a pleasure to use.
Dual boot works correctly with Windows 2003 Server and Longhorn and,
unlike Vista Ultimate, Longhorn doesn't corrupt Windows 2003 Server's
"C" partition. It does properly access other partitions that are shared
between the two operating systems.
 
There is more than one way to install Vista in a dual boot
configuration, and depending on how you do it, you will see different drive letters.
I used a dual boot Win2003 Server and Vista during testing, and it worked fine.

I'm glad to hear Longhorn works well. It should be going into the next BETA
fairly soon.
 
JP said:
There is more than one way to install Vista in a dual boot
configuration, and depending on how you do it, you will see different
drive letters.
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Yes. The last two motherboards that I have bought both allow to choose
which drive to boot from if you press F8 during POST. Other OS hard drives
can even be slotted in with a mobile rack (disk caddy) with no problems at
all (although I have yet to try this with Vista as the default OS).

ss.
 
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