15.06.2010, 22:48
Funny you start a topic about this, I just 'acquired' the only beta release for Windows Neptune, a canceled version of Windows that was to be "Windows 2000 Home Edition" if you will. The team that was working on this later combined with the Windows Odyssey team (the next corportate version, also canceled) to make Windows XP. Some evidence of very early XP components can be seen in the screens I just took on Neptune:
Boot screen
Logon screen (becomes Welcome screen in Windows XP)
Control Panel and Start Menu (nothing really different here)
Help and Support Center (this may or may not be ME's version, I'm not sure)
User Manager Home Page (Windows Identities)
More variety of Account types than Windows XP! (Owner, Adult, Child, Guest rather than Admin, Limited)
Nothing else is really different. Like I said, it was the first and only BETA release.
Boot screen
Logon screen (becomes Welcome screen in Windows XP)
Control Panel and Start Menu (nothing really different here)
Help and Support Center (this may or may not be ME's version, I'm not sure)
User Manager Home Page (Windows Identities)
More variety of Account types than Windows XP! (Owner, Adult, Child, Guest rather than Admin, Limited)
Nothing else is really different. Like I said, it was the first and only BETA release.