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Dateline:
Wed 5-30-2001
BBPC: BuildOrBuy - PC
Computer Technology News Updates
Today we Build Athlon PCs! The following Topics & Links are in response to questions from our Presentation / Discussions last week @ BuildOrBuy. Additional PC Computer Technology News Updates as they occur.
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Special Offers: PowerQuest Products - User Group Relations, User Group Orders
- Code -> UGHALPC
- toolkit.html - PC Tool Kit Recommendations
Storage:
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Iomega Peerless, 10 and 20GB USB drives shipping? Currently Out Of Stock!
- 10 Gig
USB Drive - $359.95
- 20 Gig
USB Drive - $399.95
- Iomega® 340MB [IBM] Microdrive™ - $249.95 (In Stock!)
- 10 Gig
USB Drive - $359.95
GUI O/S
Futures & Support (Microsoft): To XP or Xnai? That IS the question!
Windows
Desktop Product Lifecycle Guideline Support
For Business
Microsoft Product Lifecycle Roadmap:
Applying the Product Lifecycle Guidelines to their current Windows desktop operating systems, the following products are scheduled to transition between 12.31.00 and 12.31.02.
Desktop O/S entering Extended phase (effective date):
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Windows 95 (12.31.00)* available through downgrade rights in Volume Licensing.
- Windows 98
/ 98 SE (06.30.02)* Same
as above.
- Windows NT 4.xx (06.30.02) Ditto.
Desktop O/S entering Non-Supported phase (effective date):
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MS DOS x.xx (12.31.01)
- Windows
3.xx (12.31.01)
- Windows 95 (12.31.01)
- Windows XP Beta 2 System Requirements
Windows
XP Preliminary System Requirements:
To use
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Beta 2, you need:
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CPU - 300 MHz or higher processor clock speed recommended; minimum of 233MHZ required (single or dualprocessor system)*
- Intel Pentium/Celeron family, or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron family, or compatible processor
- RAM - 128
MB of RAM or higher recommended; minimum of 64 MB of RAM (may
have limited performance with some features or applications)*
- HD - Minimum
of 1.5 GB of available hard disk space*
- Video - SVGA
(800 x 600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor
recommended; VGA resolution minimum required
- Keyboard -
- Mouse -
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
- CD-ROM or
DVD Drive
- Floppy - None
Mentioned!
Windows XP Options:
Recommended Peripherals: -
NIC - Network adapter if using Windows XP on a local area or home network
- Modem -
14.4 Kbps or higher-baud telephone/FAX modem, cable modem, or DSL
modem for Internet access.
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V92
Home Page
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- Audio -
Sound card and speakers or headphones
For DVD video playback:
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DVD-ROM Drive
- Compatible
DVD decoder card or DVD decoder software
- 8 MB Video RAM
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