... today. One of Microsoft's first operating system was MS-DOS. This was a text-based system and it required very little hardware in order to run. Although it is generally obsolete today, some operating systems still require it in order to function properly. Most computer users will never see or use their DOS program. Microsoft next created Windows 3.11. This was the beginning to ... the user chooses. For instance, a person with 64 megabytes of RAM should not choose an operating system such as WindowsXP, because it requires at least 128 megabytes of RAM to function properly. The technology...

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... consumer is a more educated buyer; they at least have some ideas of what they want in a computer. Yet, we must still ask ourselves these significant questions; such as: What will the primary function of my computer be? What computer components should I consider at the time of purchase? ... per second. Ten years ago, the AAIntel 386@@ followed by the AAIntel 486@@ processors, where considered AAstate-of-the-art technology@@. In 1993, Intel introduced their AAPentium@@ model microprocessors. Today, we have processor speeds available up to1GHz. There are also alternatives as to the ... fo...

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... and professional users as well as to the more technical and larger business market for which the NT was designed. The Windows 2000 product line consists of four products: * Windows 2000 Professional, aimed at individuals and businesses of all sizes. It includes security and mobile use enhancements. ... It is the most economical choice. * Windows 2000 Server, aimed at small-to-medium size businesses. It can function as a Web server and/or a workgroup (or branch office) server. It can be part of a two-way symmetric multiprocessing system. NT 4.0 servers ... enables a company to set up vir...

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... finally be cost effective and productive for business use. This concept meant that instructions to run a computer for a specific function (known as a program) were held inside the computer's memory, and could quickly be replaced by a different set of instructions for a different function. A computer could print customer invoices and minutes later design products or calculate paychecks. Though transistors were clearly an improvement over ... , sixty-five million PCs were being used. Computers continued their trend toward a smaller size, working their way down from desktop to laptop comput...

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... campus switch information is then transferred through a VLAN router, which moves IP traffic from one place to another. Next in line is the firewall. The firewall protects each school from outside intrusion. Lastly, they have the Internet router. The World Wide Web has become ... worked with the network described above. It, however, only worked with the Windows operating systems. This created a problem since many of the school's in the district use a Macintosh based operating system. The Osiris program had many uses, which accommodated a multitude of users. The main users of this ... . ...

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