angela torres (operating systems)
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Windows 98• Code name : Memphis FEATURES ADDED :Internet/browsing capabilitiesSupport for state-of-the-art hardwareSupport for multigigabyte disk drivesTV viewer and broadcast abilityWizards
Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 98
on July 11, 2006..
Windows ME (Millennium Edition)
• Developed specifically for the home user FEATURES ADDED : Multimedia support (Media Player, movie
maker, image acquisition)Reliability features (system file protection,
auto-update function, system restore)Home network support
Windows NT (New Technology)
-Corporate, Networked environments
WORKSTATION
• for business users, who need faster performance
SERVER
• designed for business machines
Windows 2000 (W2K)
Final generation in the Windows NT
It knows who you are
Self-healing applications software
PROFESSIONAL SERVER-individuals and businesses of all sizes.
SERVER-small-to-medium size businesses.
ADVANCED SERVER-application server, including those involving large databases.
DATACENTER SERVER-applications requiring high-speed computation and large databases.
- Professional Edition
• Business users connected to corporate networks.
Home Edition
• Improved user interface• Improved multi-media support• More extensive personalization• Multiple user support• Internet support features
Media Center Edition Media Center Edition
• Play DVDs
• Receive and record
television programs
Windows CE (Consumer Electronics)
• Embedded system
• Internet connectivity
Supports Microsoft’s .NET platform for web services
Vista, (Longhorn), was released for businesses, the holders of
most volume licenses, on November 30, 2006.
-public download
Windows 7
• "Blackcomb" and "Vienna.“
• Faster boot times, new user interfaces
and the addition of Internet Explorer 8.
Mac OS
• User friendliness
• Easier to use than Windows
• Multimedia support and multitasking
U N I X
• YEW-nihks
• Multiuser time-sharing
• “UNIX graduate phenomenon”
• Character-based with a command-line user
interface
• First open or standard operating system
L I N U X
• LYNN-uks
• Open source software
• Dual boot
• Stable
• Quick answers to problems
• Reinstalling is much simpler
• Relative scarcity of applications