Except that the promo video you are referring to was never made by MS. I liked a lot of what was displayed in there, but a lot of it would also have been impractical in the long run. Animations are fun when you first see them. But if you always have to wait for them, they'll become boring.
Man this brings back memories, as a member of that forum, which was filled with hardcore enthusiasts. It was very disappointing when this was taken down, but while it lasted it was very nice. The website was themed after this build, either that or the build was themed after the website. Everyone was a graphic designer it seemed so its hard to tell which is which.
@@EbenezerScroogeMcDuck yeah, a lot of ideas from especially that longhorn concept video seem to be in 11, like the social integration, rounded corners everywhere, widgets sidebar
You should enable Aurora. Makes the colored parts move. I used to have one of the graphics cards that officially supported all the aero without patching. There were also the popout previews when you hovered over files. It was visually beautiful.
Love this. Instant nostalgia for the good old days when XP was king and Longhorn was just a looming secret. I remember working on a group project developing a transformation pack that'd reskin XP to what we thought Microsoft's - even further into the future - touch friendly OS, would look like. I believe the code name was Vienna at the time.
I have a question. And how did they do aero on Windows XP, which they did in Windows Longhorn Reloaded? After all, on Windows XP, aero is generally not possible. It is not available on Windows XP. After all, aero is present in Windows Vista (Longhorn) build 4074-5219, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8-8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11, but not in Windows XP. I'm just surprised. It's just a masterpiece!!! Please write in the description how these enthusiasts did aero on Windows XP, which they did in Windows Longhorn Reloaded. I just want to try with aero too. 14:16 and 15:32.
that sad you should get more credit, this channel have many interesting videos about the past adn very nostalgic, who knows someone in 50 years will discover some old technology vestige. keep it up Buddy.
It's probably because it was never released in the pre-reset form. Vista turned out to be way different than Longhorn. I think we like to look back on these beta builds and ask "what if". It's kind of exciting, to be honest.
I really love the window open animation. Is there a file in windows that controls the window animations? If there is, would it be possible to change it?; For example replace the open animation in Windows 10 with Longhorn's?
Well, if you have xp then you have Whistler and if you have Vista then you have Longhorn, Whistler was the codename for xp and Longhorn is the codename for Vista.
which longhorn build was the blue plex? and also which longhorn build first got that really cool frost glass that kinda wow'd people? the one I see in here doesn't seem to be that.. would love to play around with these builds
I can get you ANY Beta/Alpha Operating System. So the Reborn edition will allow you to add drivers? Cause it wouldnt let me add or do anything. You had to crack the date if I recall.
better they should make a freebsd desktop environment based on the 2003 longhorn concept with the 3D spinning login logo, sidebar that functions as shown in the video (and looks like it), as well as a winfs implement for the aesthetic of file stores (dolphin and thunar are garbage.. they're garbage...). I love the idea of a catalog for things like my documents, music, pics/vids etc.. as opposed to just a typical folder with draggable icons as we do in today's file explorers.
Maybe they secretly felt threatened by Longhorn Reloaded? Most of the other unofficial versions aren't exactly real Windows competitors with significant advantages. They're usually bloated, unstable, painfully unpolished, or all of the above. Longhorn Reloaded may have been kinda unstable due to being in beta, but Microsoft knew that would change if nothing stopped it. It was already more polished and much more streamlined than a typical unofficial OS. This project, if developed according to plan, would be an AMAZING option for optimizing older, unsupported devices. Longhorn Reloaded had a realistic possibility of denting Microsoft's financial gain by creating a plausible way to "modermize" the older devices that Microsoft wanted thier consumers to abandon! Not only that, but at the time Windows xp was a cash cow for Microsoft and Vista was the current OS. This Longhorn Reloaded project has some nice new features that xp doesn't, yet doesn't require nearly as many resources as Vista. It's a great stepping stone between the two. Virtually everything about this project could had potentially threatened Microsoft's earnings, unlike most unofficial releases out there. Perhaps that's the difference?
Other than the Aero stars (seriously, what was up with that?) I like the LHR look better than Vista, certainly, and auto-hiding the sidebar would have made it so much more usable. I'm willing to bet Microsoft was embarrassed that a small group of developers was able to get features working that their devs couldn't! Also, the desktop.ini file has been around for a while. I think it started with Vista? Most likely, the LHR group just (accidentally?) removed the -h attrib from the files.
Thanks Michael Im Currently Downloading The Iso Image For VirtualBox Everytime I Tried Windows Longhorn Builds It Either Crashes Or Works But If Logged Out It Will Be On The Logon Screen Forver
If Microsoft was Originally Released Windows Longhorn between Windows Server 2003 (or Windows XP if you don't care about Windows Servers) & Windows Vista...
@@captainbossman1016 I know. So does Michael and everyone else here. The point of this project was to visualize what pre-reset Longhorn could have become. Nobody is arguing Longhorn wasn't Vista's codename.
karen hawkins you’re pretty wrong... vista and 7 are based on the same code and are clearly visually similar, yet you’re comparing a 9x OS to a NT os...
John R. Alright remove 2000 from the picture. That’s still saying like you hate 98 because you didn’t like 95. Yes they share a lot of the same code but they aren’t the same os there are numerical under the hood and performance changes anyway. 7 most likely wasn’t necessary anyway and a 3rd service pack for Vista would have probably been enough. But making and marketing a new os was most likely a business decision to avoid bad press since Vista failed that hard.
@@luca_bagnoli Longhorn was very far from perfect. For most if it's development, it was extremely unstable and prone to crashing, and it's look around mid development was not the best looking IMO. (Vista Beta 1 looked the nicest to me)
@Yue Ling 4074 was always stable in my VMs. I think that instead of the reset, the best option for Microsoft was restart from Build 4074 and not from XP
@@luca_bagnoli It has been well documented and thoroughly tested. Microsoft would have continued building off of Windows XP if LH4074 was actually that stable. There was a reason the base was switched to Server 2003. 4047 also does not have working drivers for modern PCs and it is not very easy to get fully working. Many things are broken and are unfinished.
