Saturday morning, we got word of screenshots having surfaced for a new Windows "Longhorn" build (5203). This new build was interim one from the WinMain labs that was never meant to leave Redmond, and was part of the Beta 2 code branch. Amoung other things, this branch will include many of the visual enhancements left out the previous WinHEC 2005 build (5048), and even the upcoming Beta 1 build for that matter, which made the screenshots very promising. Naturally, it also made everyone eager to get their hands on a copy of the build. However, we later found out that the person who originally created the screenshots, did NOT give the build to anyone and he's NOT going to leak it. Therefore, we'll have to make due with the screenshots for now and wait 'til, say September, to officially test it out. It's definitely looking good though so, again, here's to the future of "Longhorn"!!!

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