iso, downloaded from winworldpc or from /The Longhorn Vista Beta Archive.Īt first I thought this experiment with Longhorn and ReactOS would be more interesting on real hardware than on Virtual Machines. A sign that it worked ok was the initialization of Desktop Window Manager at first boot. The reset means the project returns from the same codebase it left from.Īs with the IDE chipset driver, I am using a laptop designed for Windows Vista(TM), and it is supposed to have this driver, so it worked for Windows(R) Code-Name "Longhorn". Both pre-reset and post-reset builds left from the same codebase, Windows.NET Server 2002 build 3505 Release Candidate 1. ).Īnd i call longhorn all pre-reset builds, and vista all post-reset, as they are not the same thing after microsoft reset development, longhorn was based on xp, and vista was based on server, I tried installing longhorn but i get a 0x0000007B bugcheck, i heard that i need a IDE chipset driver, but i'm using a laptop, and i don't REALLY want to install it, i wish there was a patch, for now i will live with vms I call "Longhorn" all pre-reset builds and post-reset builds that have Longhorn references (boot screen, or EULA, wallpaper, watermark, winver.exe, login screen etc. I broke timebomb and activation for Longhorn build 4074 after installing it on my laptop. Longhorn obviously would win, if you break the timebomb and activation, you can use it for daily use (I wish i could fix the official 7 beta like longhorn) but ReactOS can win due to the fact that it is open source so you can tweak it to your choice, and then recompile, Tada! its now customized, but don't try to compare pre-reset longhorn to post-reset, they are not the same, the community likes to make them different by calling pre-reset longhorn, and post-reset as vista, post-reset can run more stuff than pre-reset The only scenario where I see ReactOS winning here is if it was Windows 95 vs ReactOS. Longhorn would at least have the ability to run most XP apps normally, but ReactOS doesn’t even have that. It would pretty obviously be Longhorn, as ReactOS is still a very unfinished open source reimplementation of Windows. Post-Scriptum: I tested Windows(R) Code-Name "Longhorn" build 4074 on a HP Pavilion laptop with Intel(R) Centrino Duo and ATI Radeon Graphics, designed for Windows Vista(TM) and React 0.4.13 on a desktop similar with the one Michael MJD uses for his videos with "The $5 Windows 98 PC", but mine was designed for Windows 2000.įun fact: I am posting this from Longhorn! On Longhorn, the DWM got initialised by default. Even Mozilla and Netscape appeared to be broken when this visual style was enabled. Also resolution was bad on real hardware, and the Lautus theme broke most applications. On ReactOS downloads from Wine Internet Explorer weren't working at all (on both VM and hardware), but I was lucky with the App Manager. On Longhorn I managed to make everything right (even removing timebomb and patch winlogon.exe for Activation). Still ReactOS is missing several features such as sounds or video card. Installing on VMs was quite easy for both operating systems, as they installed pretty fast. I made several tests, for example theming, stability, usability, browsers, office and in some places, React proved to be able to be as good as Longhorn. Over time, Longhorn proved to be better than ReactOS in many areas, but I would like to hear your opinion. If you had to choose from Windows Code Name Longhorn (Pre-Reset) and ReactOS, which one would you choose? I have tried both of them in Virtual Machines and Real Hardware, and honestly I prefer Longhorn. Hello, Archive users! I came back with another question.
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