Longhorn Gets a Name: Windows Vista

Iria · Jul 22, 2005, 05:03 AM

The folks at Redmond have long pointed to the user interface of the next generation Windows release as one of its major selling points. Now, it appears Microsoft has chosen an official name for Longhorn with just that in mind. Enter: Windows Vista.

Word of the new name leaked out late Thursday after Microsoft tipped off journalists and enthusiast sites of an impending Longhorn-related announcement due Friday morning. "Windows Vista" was first mentioned at a Microsoft sales conference in Atlanta, according to reports.

"I can't tell you what we will actually be sharing, but you will learn something new about “Longhorn," a Microsoft spokesperson told BetaNews.

Microsoft has also registered domains to go along with the newly christened Windows, including windowsvista.com. The domains were registered in late March, indicating the company made the decision even before WinHEC gave developers their first taste of Longhorn in over a year.

Windows Vista was initially reported by enthusiast site ActiveWin.
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Falstaff · Jul 22, 2005, 05:09 AM

I like....Vista Cruiser better

Robert McClelland · Jul 22, 2005, 05:16 AM

Vista baby! lol is much better word for it

CDsDontBurn · Jul 22, 2005, 05:19 AM

winVista? that's the worst name ever! Should have just kept it winLH. Sounds so much better

snake · Jul 22, 2005, 08:13 AM

"Vista" sucks

Longhorn was so cool, i dont get it...

bananaman · Jul 22, 2005, 08:57 AM

i also agree that Longhorn was a far better name - so will Vista be shortened to WV or V or something else?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 22, 2005, 09:13 AM

Longhorn = Ok
Vista = LAME NAME

No_Style · Jul 22, 2005, 02:17 PM

Longhorn was a neat codename. Just like Whistler was a neat codename.

Vista sounds like another codename, not a product name to me. It will grow on me though..

Update: It has grown on me.

Paradox Enigma · Jul 22, 2005, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Falstaff

I like....Vista Cruiser better

Heh - my folks had one of those when I was growing up... roof windows were cool.

Kemal · Jul 22, 2005, 03:43 PM

http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0507/...n_Name_MBR.asx

daRk_heLmet · Jul 22, 2005, 05:17 PM

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx

FallOutBoyTonto · Jul 22, 2005, 05:46 PM

[arnold voice]Asta la vista Windows![/arnold voice]

Stop It · Jul 22, 2005, 07:16 PM

Well, Vista it is then, unless they change its name again, I dont mind it, but im more interested in how the thing works, rather than its name, should be a interesting OS, after a 5 year wait....

riles9262 · Jul 22, 2005, 07:23 PM

I love it!!!!!!!!!

It's the best windows name yet. All you haters subside now

mkk · Jul 22, 2005, 08:38 PM

At least it's better than having yet another computer product with an X in it.

Necrosis · Jul 23, 2005, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkk

At least it's better than having yet another computer product with an X in it.

Agreed, though I think Windows 2006 is good enough.

CDsDontBurn · Jul 23, 2005, 04:46 AM

what's wrong with having another X in a window's product? there's only winXP and winXP office

krips · Jul 23, 2005, 04:57 AM

These days everything seems to have an X in it though. Althlon XP, xtreme whatever, etc. It gets old after a while.
Anyway I liked longhorn better...Vista is a crappy name IMO.

HMS-Dreadnought · Jul 23, 2005, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krips

These days everything seems to have an X in it though. Althlon XP, xtreme whatever, etc. It gets old after a while.
Anyway I liked longhorn better...Vista is a crappy name IMO.

Then you/we should all tell them

vista is rap with a capital C.

At the very least,
Windows Longhorn ,.... sounds good.

fuk, What AM I saying???,... Linux sounds better.

HMS-Dreadnought · Jul 23, 2005, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkk

At least it's better than having yet another computer product with an X in it.

how about Windows four xXxX

Austrailans wouldn't give a castle main four X for anyhing else.

Ev!L-aLphA · Jul 23, 2005, 07:40 AM

i like the name longhorn lol

HMS-Dreadnought · Jul 23, 2005, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ev!L-aLphA

i like the name longhorn lol

Dose it turn u on aswell, huh?

CDsDontBurn · Jul 23, 2005, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HMS-Dreadnought

Dose it turn u on aswell, huh?

hells ya it does

!

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 23, 2005, 01:20 PM

Evey time I see vista I think of "valley vista" a place for troubled and drug addicted teens.
The other is altavista a search engine I rarely use, great for finding "stuff"

Defontion "vista"

*An unincorporated community of southern California north of San Diego.
It is a resort and agricultural area. Population: 91,500

*abbr for Volunteers In Service To America

* A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees.

* An avenue or other passage affording such a view.

*a view, especially a splendid view from a high position:

*a possible future action or event that you can imagine

* An awareness of a range of time, events, or subjects; a broad mental view: "the deep and sweeping vistas these pioneering critics opened up"

Abbriations...

Value Integrated Service Team Assistance
Very Intelligent Surveillance and Target Acquisition
Very Intense Strategic Tickle Attack
Virtual Interim Scholastic Training Assemblage
Visible And Infrared Survey Telescope For Astronomy
Vision Imagination Style Theme And Artistry
Vision Imagination Style Theme Artistry
Visual Interactive Simulation Tools And Applications
Volunteer In Service To America
Volunteers in Service to America
Volvo International Service Technical Association

pr0digal jenius · Jul 23, 2005, 03:35 PM

Now to come up with version names:

Windows Vista: Scenic Edition

SFOSOK · Aug 9, 2005, 11:38 PM

It shoudl have been Windows: SDMCTEP

Super DoomMachine Conquer the Entire Planet

SFOSOK · Aug 9, 2005, 11:39 PM

Valley Vista is a street less than a mile away from my house.

Bicka · Aug 9, 2005, 11:48 PM

I've read that they plan on using a shorter version of the title as well:

WinVI.

Partly because of VIsta but also because its version 6 of windows NT.

SFOSOK · Aug 10, 2005, 08:29 AM

still think mines better

Jul 22, 2005, 05:03 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Longhorn Gets a Name: Windows Vista The folks at Redmond have long pointed to the user interface of the next generation Windows release as one of its major selling points. Now, it appears Microsoft has chosen an official name for Longhorn with just that in mind. Enter: Windows Vista. Word of the new name leaked out late Thursday after Microsoft tipped off journalists and enthusiast sites of an impending Longhorn-related announcement due Friday morning. "Windows Vista" was first mentioned at a Microsoft sales conference in Atlanta, according to reports. "I can't tell you what we will actually be sharing, but you will learn something new about “Longhorn," a Microsoft spokesperson told BetaNews. Microsoft has also registered domains to go along with the newly christened Windows, including windowsvista.com. The domains were registered in late March, indicating the company made the decision even before WinHEC gave developers their first taste of Longhorn in over a year. Windows Vista was initially reported by enthusiast site ActiveWin. __________ Read More / Source: BetaNews

Jul 22, 2005, 05:09 AM	#2
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Jul 22, 2005, 05:16 AM	#3
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,673 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Vista baby! lol is much better word for it __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png correct the correct one now

Jul 22, 2005, 05:19 AM	#4
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Jul 22, 2005, 09:13 AM	#7
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Longhorn = Ok Vista = LAME NAME __________________

Jul 22, 2005, 02:17 PM	#8
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Longhorn was a neat codename. Just like Whistler was a neat codename. Vista sounds like another codename, not a product name to me. It will grow on me though.. Update: It has grown on me. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here Last edited by No_Style; Jul 22, 2005 at 05:33 PM.

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FallOutBoyTonto DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Nunavut - Canada Posts: 108 Rep Power: 0	[arnold voice]Asta la vista Windows![/arnold voice]

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Stop It HHs' Resident Kitty Lover Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Biggleswade, UK Posts: 1,432 Rep Power: 78 System Specs	Well, Vista it is then, unless they change its name again, I dont mind it, but im more interested in how the thing works, rather than its name, should be a interesting OS, after a 5 year wait.... __________________ Sig Courtesy of Mousey

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riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	I love it!!!!!!!!! It's the best windows name yet. All you haters subside now __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

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mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	At least it's better than having yet another computer product with an X in it.

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CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,806 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	what's wrong with having another X in a window's product? there's only winXP and winXP office __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

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krips UD Cruncher Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Alberta, Canada. Posts: 144 Rep Power: 0	These days everything seems to have an X in it though. Althlon XP, xtreme whatever, etc. It gets old after a while. Anyway I liked longhorn better...Vista is a crappy name IMO. __________________ [color=navy]3200+ Winchester \| XP-90 \| LANParty UT nF4 Ultra-D \| Enermax 535W \| BBA X800XL \| 1GB OCZ PC4000 \| 2x80GB RAID1 \| Audigy 2 ZS \| Logitech Z5300E[/color]

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Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 0	i like the name longhorn lol __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

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The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Evey time I see vista I think of "valley vista" a place for troubled and drug addicted teens. The other is altavista a search engine I rarely use, great for finding "stuff" Defontion "vista" An unincorporated community of southern California north of San Diego. It is a resort and agricultural area. Population: 91,500 abbr for Volunteers In Service To America * A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees. * An avenue or other passage affording such a view. a view, especially a splendid view from a high position: a possible future action or event that you can imagine * An awareness of a range of time, events, or subjects; a broad mental view: "the deep and sweeping vistas these pioneering critics opened up" Abbriations... Value Integrated Service Team Assistance Very Intelligent Surveillance and Target Acquisition Very Intense Strategic Tickle Attack Virtual Interim Scholastic Training Assemblage Visible And Infrared Survey Telescope For Astronomy Vision Imagination Style Theme And Artistry Vision Imagination Style Theme Artistry Visual Interactive Simulation Tools And Applications Volunteer In Service To America Volunteers in Service to America Volvo International Service Technical Association __________________

Jul 23, 2005, 03:35 PM	#25
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	Now to come up with version names: Windows Vista: Scenic Edition

Aug 9, 2005, 11:38 PM	#26
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	It shoudl have been Windows: SDMCTEP Super DoomMachine Conquer the Entire Planet

Aug 9, 2005, 11:39 PM	#27
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Valley Vista is a street less than a mile away from my house.

Aug 9, 2005, 11:48 PM	#28
Bicka DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	I've read that they plan on using a shorter version of the title as well: WinVI. Partly because of VIsta but also because its version 6 of windows NT.

Aug 10, 2005, 08:29 AM	#29
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	still think mines better