foO
hell, i might upload it just so i dont have to go hunting for the damn thing again, too (good idea, btw)

thx for posting the link, bud

Wolfie
Schweet man. Cheers for that, I've been looking round but finding dead links.

Top man!

Gert-Jan
This one's for you Wolfie. I don't know if it's the thingy you were looking for but I work with this. It's the leaked Media Skin.

http://users.telenet.be/esoteric/offsite/Royale_theme.exe

Very offtopic, I know sorry for that. Hope you like it.

foO
got a dvd burner at home, buddy

hmmm.... "Metro" documents, Longhorn? that's a new one for me.

Jeremy
ISO is 800meg.  You'll need a DVD burner.

foO
the MS Royale Theme? dont have it for download on my site (i dont think), but you can find it easily enough via a quick Google seach.... think i snagged it from Neowin.net

foO
here we go.... now they're talking about Longhorn

Wolfie
Off topic now, but while I think of it.
Foo, have you got that Media Center like skin (Royale VS I think) for Windows XP Home/Pro available for download somewhere?

Gert-Jan
OMFG you got to be kidding.. why wasn't I invited, I can surely use it.

foO
holy shit!

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At the end of the presentation Microsoft handed out briefcases to everyone involved which included the following:

nVIDIA 6800 GT
AMD Athlon 64 4000
Windows XP 64bit Professional Edition
Far Cry
Chronicle of Riddick
Unreal Tournament 2004
Shadow Ops

Jeremy
Aye.  I'll be going 64bit, too.  I'm going to wait until the apps I use make it to 64 first, though.  I found the HEC build of LH, btw.  Also, http://www.neowin.net/events/?p=57  Don't you wish you were a VIP at this thing?

foO
i think i could watch that police dog tackle peepz all day long, too... hahahaha

foO
video's playing for me here... they just geek'n out and showed Lightwave 3D(64)

i'm definitely going 64-bit... *nods head*

freeb0rn
Want a cool video?
http://www.collegehumor.com/?movie_id=143221

Sammo
I actually have a pre-alpha release of Longhorn to use as an OS, havn't yet, but when I'm investing in a new pc in a few weeks (AMD64 3500 Venice ) I thinik i'll go broke when it comes to the operating system, so I may be using Longhorn for a week or two until I can afford XP Pro again...

foO
3 minutes and counting.... *grin*

now that ya mention it, i am curious to hear if they've included and "goodies" with this Longhorn build... if so, i might have to see about getting a copy and checking it out.

Jeremy
I doubt the final will look like this.  Whistler had a different
UI before it was final (or in the late stages of beta did they throw in
Luna).  I'm more interested in seeing any effects it has (some 3D
stuff would be sweet).  I'm waiting for the keynote, too.  12
minutes away!

foO
"They're using the existing XP theme right now because they're focusing development on the functionality, not just the visuals."

true, and i can totally understand that... by the same token, Microsoft knows that there'll be screenshots all over the web, thousands of bloggers and articles written about it, and the "impression machine" is already rolling on Longhorn, which they have a helluva investment in.... knowing all that, you might think they'd give us a taste by now, y'know?

i've seen other snippets and (crappy quality) screenshots of Longhorn that looked alot better than this XP shell... *sigh*

sorry, cant help but feel kinda disappointed... but gonna plug into the Keynote address, which starts in like 25 minutes

freeb0rn
Looks like crap to me!

Bryan Peters
A year ago when I was playing around with the Longhorn Alpha, you could
tell they didn't put much love into the shell.  Aero is more than
what you see.  They're using the existing XP theme right now
because they're focusing development on the functionality, not just the
visuals.

cdharrison
2 thumbs down. Err... I mean... oooh, look, transparency on the start menu... oooh. new icons... oooh...

bummer. look on the bright side, tho. tiger's only 4 days away.

longhorn's eta? 2 yrs? 3 yrs? who knows, maybe something better will happen with the giu by then.

donrico
we'll see how great this os is when it comes out, but ditto on the xp thing fo0. hope they havent spent all this time making the face a little prettier and integrating sp 2 into it.

Gert-Jan
I've been looking forward to longhorn pic's too.. but for now I must say I'm not impressed. I just think XP looks far more better than longhorn. I just hope the final looks better than this one.