Thread: Windows Blackcomb

Windows Blackcomb
Windows [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] is the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] for the successor to [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], announced in February [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].

The codename Blackcomb was originally assigned to a version of Windows that was planned to follow [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] in both client and server versions. However in August [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], the release of Blackcomb was pushed back several years and Longhorn was announced as an intermediary. In November [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], Microsoft confirmed that Blackcomb would be a server-only release.

Blackcomb has been slated to include many features from [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], however some features that have slipped from Longhorn's release schedule are not expected to be ready for Blackcomb's release either. On [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], Windows Server Chief Bob Muglia stated that the earliest [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] to be included in their server operating system would be a component of the first update following a couple of years after Blackcomb.

Blackcomb's true product name and feature list is still unclear. However, it was recently announced that Blackcomb will be available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, in order to ease the industry's transition from 32-bit to 64-bit computing. Blackcomb was previously expected to support only 64-bit server systems.



Only known leaked screenshot of a concept release of Windows Blackcomb, circa 1999.

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More specifically, it says that Windows Blackcomb will revolutionise the GUI and change the way we interact with our computers. Which is pretty cool. Unfortunatly the only leaked [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] doesnt really show much, but it was made back in 2000. From [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]:

The codename [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] was originally assigned to a version of Windows that was planned to follow [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] in both client and server versions. However, in August [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], the release of Blackcomb was pushed back several years and Vista was announced as an intermediary. Since then, the status of Microsoft Blackcomb has undergone many alterations and PR manipulations, ranging from Blackcomb being scrapped entirely, to becoming a server-only release. None of these rumours, however, are true.

Blackcomb is, simply put, the next major [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] to be released by Microsoft. Note: not the next major version of Windows. Internal sources pitch Blackcomb as being a complete departure from the way we have typically thought about interacting with a computer; ie, the entire Windows "start" philosophy may be changed entirely, and the so-called "new interface" which was - in 1999 - scheduled for Blackcomb, and later moved to the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] project, will now once again debut in Blackcomb, rather than [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].

Whilst [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] is intended to be a technologies-based release, with some added UI sparkle (in the form of Explorer Glass and the Aero User Experience Guidelines), Blackcomb is targeted directly at revolutionising the way we interact with our home and office PCs. The Explorer shell will be replaced in its entirety; Taskbar, Sidebar, etc, all sacrificing their position as the main way in which we access our applications and documents. Instead, a new UI concept will be brought forward to fill the void, based on the last 10 years of R&D at the Microsoft "VIBE" research lab. Projects such as GroupBar and LayoutBar are expected to make an appearance, allowing users to more effectively manage and keep track of their applications and documents while in use. Also, a new application launching medium is expected to debut, possibly something along the lines of a circular version of the OS X dock, although this is merely one of the ideas and concepts which Microsoft are currently investigating.

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Is it is available for download ?

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Raj

Is it is available for download ?

No. It is only on papers right now they started working on it from 1999 but after release of windows xp they started working on windows Vista. Now Microsoft will again start working on it after release of Windows Vista. At this point microsoft is saying Blackcomb will be only server version.