So Longhorn finally has an official name, and…I’m finding it difficult to care. What’s supposed to be so great about it?
– A new OS interface. Whoop-dee-do. I spend most of the time within some game’s own interface anyways.
– The WinFS filesystem and its better organizational structure. Oh wait, they pulled that one out…
– The WinFX APIs. This really only affects us at the office, but since we want maximum compatibility and Win32 isn’t going away, we won’t be switching over to these anytime soon.
– More DRM ‘features.’ Oh yeah, I always wanted more restrictions placed on how I can use my computer…
XP was decent because it was the first NT-based Windows that was officially supported as a gaming platform, and it’s actually been fairly stable. Vista seems like a fairly minor bump and just doesn’t offer me anything interesting enough to make it worth upgrading.