And I thought Battlefield 1942 needed the horsepower

Longhorn to Steal Limelight at WinHEC

"Microsoft is expected to recommend that the "average" Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz; a minimum of 2 gigs of RAM; up to a terabyte of storage; a 1 Gbit, built-in, Ethernet-wired port and an 802.11g wireless link; and a graphics processor that runs three times faster than those on the market today."

This can't be right. First of all, who has machines beefy enough to even beta test this thing? Second, Microsoft wants to sell this to as many people as it can. If they're going to require this kind of hardware, they may as well be writing an OS for the Mac.