Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Windows 98 To Be Released in June > REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Windows 98, the latest upgrade to > Microsoft Corp.'s operating system for personal > computers, will be released June 25, the company > announced today. > > Rob Bennett, group product manager for Windows 98, > estimated the upgrade will sell for $109; the version > for computers that do not have the Windows 95 operating > system will be cost an additional $100. > > The release date has been widely reported before today's > official announcement. And Microsoft already has > released software close to the final configuration of > Windows 98. > > Windows 98's main improvement is that it weaves > Microsoft's Internet browser into the desktop operating > system, turning the computer screen into a viewfinder > for both the World Wide Web and information stored in a > PC. > > It also has some minor new features, such as faster > loading of software and a trouble-shooting guide for > common computer problems. It also enables users to run > high-capacity digital video disks, use two monitors at > once and more easily hook up peripherals. > > But it is not a dramatic change like Windows 95, which > improved the basic ``look and feel'' of computing and > encouraged Apple Macintosh users to switch in droves to > Windows machines. > > Windows 98, Bennett said, is intended more to > accommodate new computer hardware, especially television > and multi-media equipment. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
