this one’s interesting. specs ti hardware requirement ti windows manipud 1990 agingga iti agdama.
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Windows 3.0 // May 1990
286 or faster processor
640K conventional memory (additional 256K extended memory recommended)
Hard disk drive
Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA, or 8514/A graphics card (EGA or higher resolution recommended)
MS-DOS 3.1 or later
Mouse optional
[Tidbit: First Windows to be pre-installed on PC hard drives, by Zenith Data Systems and Dell.]
Windows 95 // August 1995
386DX or faster processor (486 recommended)
4MB memory (8MB recommended)
35-55MB hard disk space
3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive
VGA or higher resolution (256-color SVGA recommended)
Average desktop PC price: $1,926
Average notebook price: $2,819
[Tidbits: 3.5-inch floppy version came on 13 disks; Brian Eno composed the Windows 95 start-up sound.]
Windows NT 4.0 // August 1996
Pentium or faster processor
16MB of memory (32 MB recommended)
110MB hard disk space
CD-ROM drive
VGA or higher-resolution display adapter
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Average desktop PC price: $1,988
Average notebook price: $2,997
[Tidbit: Holds the record for most service packs — 6, plus a post-SP “Roll-up” — delivered for a Windows OS.]
Windows 98 // June 1998
486DX 66MHz or faster processor (Pentium recommended)
16MB memory (24MB recommended)
120-355MB hard disk space
3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive
VGA or higher resolution (16-bit or 24-bit color SVGA recommended)
Average desktop PC price: $1,619
Average notebook price: $2,395
[Tidbit: Crashed catastrophically — complete with infamous “Blue Screen of Death” — during April 1998 COMDEX presentation by Bill Gates, who quipped “That must be why we’re not shipping Windows 98 yet.”]
Windows 2000 // February 2000
133MHz or faster Pentium-compatible
64MB of memory
650MB free hard disk space
CD-ROM or DVD drive
VGA or higher resolution monitor
Keyboard required
Average desktop PC price: $1,306
Average notebook price: $2,167
[Tidbit: First Microsoft OS to make it through development and release without a code name.]
Windows Millennium // September 2000
Pentium 150MHz processor or better
32MB memory
320MB free hard disk space
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive
Video adapter and monitor that support VGA or higher resolution
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Sound card
Speakers or headphones
Average desktop PC price: $1,306
Average notebook price: $2,167
[Tidbit: Usually considered the “dog” of Windows, Millennium’s moniker of ME was said to stand for “Moron Edition,” “Migraine Edition,” “Malfeasance Edition,” and “Many Errors.”]Windows XP // October 2001
Pentium 233MHz processor or faster (300MHz is recommended)
64MB of memory (128MB recommended)
1.5GB free hard disk space
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
Video adapter and monitor with Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution
Keyboard and a Microsoft Mouse or some other compatible pointing device
Sound card
Speakers or headphones
Average desktop PC price: $1,163
Average notebook price: $1,876
[Tidbits: First Microsoft OS to require “activation;” metamorphosed into more variations than any other OS, including Home, Professional, Tablet PC, Media Center, N (specifically for the European market, sans Windows Media Player), Starter, and Professional x64.]
Windows Vista // ??
[Premium Ready]
1GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1GB of memory
Graphics processor that runs Windows Aero
128MB of graphics memory
15GB free hard disk space
DVD-ROM drive
Audio output capability
Internet access capability
Average desktop PC price (2005 data): $801\
Average notebook price (2005 data): $1,256
[Tidbits: Longest development track of any Windows OS: first announced in July 2001, prior to XP release; first Microsoft OS to be named in lawsuit before it launched.]
wen, gayam. no maipapan iti upcoming windows vista (kaanonto pay, aya, ngata a mairelease?), sukimatenyo dagiti computeryo no mabalinto met laeng nga ag-vista (no saan, kapilitan a gumatangka iti baro a capable a pc tapno laeng mainstolaram iti vista).
