Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows XP is the first operating system coming from Redmond
to combine the advantages of the Windows NT core with the ease of use
and flexibility of the Windows 9x series. Basically we can state that
Windows XP is the fusion of the best of two worlds: Windows 2000 &
Windows Me. After years of promising, Microsoft finally did it: Windows
9x is condemned to death (although itll be supported until 2003) so home
users now have access to the unprecedented reliability of the NT
engine.
Windows XP has made the news so much since it’s inception it’s
hard not to want to be apart of the Windows eXPerience. Windows XP was
internally referred by Microsoft as Neptune at first and later renamed
Whistler before finally becoming ‘XP? After several years of intensive
development Microsoft has probably released the most ambitious version
of Windows yet - similar to what Windows 95 was to Windows 3.1. Windows
XP will surely mark computing history while OEM and system integrators
expect it to boost sales in these economic troubling days. Microsoft
Windows XP is available in two different flavors: the Home and
Professional editions. Behind the green or blue box lies exactly the
same operating system with a few minor feature differences. The
professional edition adds some extra business oriented features over the
Home edition with the support of SMP systems, Active Directory and IIS
Web server. We’ve written our review based on
Windows XP .
Requirements
- AMD Athlon 64, AMD
Opteron, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium 4 with Intel
EM64T support CPUs, Core2Duo, Core2Quad, Intel I7
- 256 MB of RAM
- 1.5 GB of available hard disk space
- Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
- CD-ROM or DVD drive
- Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
- 64-bit Device Drivers