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From: David Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 09. november 1999. a. 18:41
Subject: [SURVPC] Windows 2000 Hardware requirements
>I've heard that Win2000 will require as much in hardware upgrades over
>Win98 as Windows9: did over Win 3.XX. Does anyone have any information
>to confirm this?
Economist 18 Sep 99:
Windows 2000 has so often been described in semi-apocalyptic terms�the most
complex engineering project in history, nearly 40m lines of code, the death
marches of 4,000 programmers, the senior managers who have fallen on their
swords or been replaced�that what it is and what it does can be overlooked.
It is primarily an operating system for servers, the computers that power
networks, running business applications and big databases. But because the
distinction between servers and muscular workstation PCs is small, Windows
2000 will eventually find its way on to the majority of corporate desktop
and notebook computers as well. It comes in four versions: Pro for PCs;
Server for small businesses and basic file and print handling; Advanced
Server for running departmental applications and small databases; and
Datacenter Server for enterprise-wide and web applications and corporate
databases.
Electronic Telegraph 30 Sep 99:
Last week details of its Works Suite 2000 appeared on the Microsoft website.
The software is one of the companion programs for Windows 2000. The suite
contains the familiar collection of word processor, money manager,
encyclopedia and suchlike. Less welcome is the size of the package which
weighs in at a life-threatening 1.4Gb if you install everything. Thankfully,
that will be too much for most. Microsoft reckons a typical installation
will be 820Mb. So that's all right then.
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