i know what it means but how in a longhorn 4051 build pdc differ from one thats not pdc?

When 4051 was initially released, quite simply it wasn't the one that was released at the Professional Developers Conference for the important attendees. You must remember as an Alpha build 4051 was leaked on to the Web intentionally, and the next stage in this process has been the one released to developers to give them the opportunity to work with code and compatibility questions on their perceived new products in the future. This will enable MS to garner all the neccessary info for the first Beta release. You can never expect a standard to be set at such an early stage as Alpha, therefore the differences.

so there is such a thing as a pdc version of 4051 how can i tell if mine is the pdc version and whats really the big difference

The latest release we have of 4051 is the PDC version. As for telling the difference you really would have to make the comparison yourself and if you come up with the differences let us know. Again as they are only at Alpha stage then most people are just quite happy to play around with the latest version. We can start getting serious when the Beta comes out, but for now Alpha is just an opportunity to see what's on offer at the moment. There will be so much more added once the Beta comes out, so i would content myself with playing around with our latest build.

isn't beta coming out in in late 2004? its too long for me lol

as for telling which version you have a simple crc check is all that required on the file (as well as telling if errors are held within the file due to download)

Build 3683:
- File Size = 529 MB (555,421,696 bytes)
- CRC Value = 0x691DCE9B

Build 4008:
- File Size = 655 MB (687,116,288 bytes)
- CRC Value = 0xB3EF7A4C

Build 4015 (original):
- File Size = 668 MB (700,616,704 bytes)
- CRC Value = 0xD41D6A48

Build 4015 (with Winbeta's bootable CD fix):
- File Size = 665 MB (698,259,456 bytes)
- CRC Value = 0xC9EF215F

Build 4015 (with ReflectiaX's bootable CD fix):
- File Size = 665 MB (698,214,400 bytes)
- CRC Value = 0x8F6E9A57

Build 4029:
- File Size = 687 MB (721,195,008 bytes)
- CRC Value = 0xF8C419C6

Build 4051 (WinBeta original):
Size = 659 MB (691,961,856 bytes)
CRC = 0x95220E35

Build 4051 (with XBeta's fix pack):
- File Size = 660.10 MB (692,168,704 Bytes)
- CRC Value = 0xACDD8847

Build 4051 (with Betas' fix pack):
- File Size = 659 MB (691,853,312 bytes)
- CRC Value = 0xA51781C0

Build 4051 (with ReflectiaX's fix pack):
- File Size = 659 MB (691,867,648 bytes)
- CRC Value = 0xDF346283



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