Operating System

Comparison of Several Operating systems (Windows 98, Windows Xp and Windows Vista)

Windows 98:
On June 25, 1998, Microsoft released Windows 98 (codenamed Memphis). It included
new equipment drivers and the FAT32 document framework which supports Disk partitions that are
bigger than 2 GB. USB support in Windows 98 is advertised as an immense improvement over Windows
95. The discharge proceeded with the disputable incorporation of the Internet Explorer program with the
working framework that began with Windows 95 OEM Service Release 1. The activity in the end prompted
the recording of the United States v. Microsoft case, managing the subject of whether Microsoft was
bringing out of line rehearses into the market with an end goal to dispose of rivalry from different
organizations, for example, Netscape.

In 1999, Microsoft released Windows 98 Second Edition, a break discharge. One of the more prominent
new highlights was the expansion of Internet Connection Sharing, a type of system address interpretation,
permitting a few machines on a LAN (Local Area Network) to share a solitary Internet association.
Equipment support through gadget drivers was expanded and this variant sent with Internet Explorer 5.
Numerous minor issues that existed in the primary version were fixed making it, as indicated by many,
the most stable arrival of the Windows 98 family.

1. Duration:
Release: June 25, 1998
Ended: June 30, 2002, and extended support on July 11, 2006.
2. Processor info:

66MHz 486DX
3. Min & Max Ram:

Min Ram: 16MB

Max Ram 512MB

4. Pros:
Consider it easy to use and has some good tools like msconfig etc., not bad on plug
and play.
5. Cons:
lacks security and is a resource hog.

6. Where these this OS can be used:

This operating system can be use on desktop and laptops computers.

Windows Xp:
On October 25, 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP. The converging of the Windows
NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/Me lines was at long last accomplished with Windows XP. Windows XP
utilizes the Windows NT 5.1 bit, denoting the passageway of the Windows NT center to the customer
showcase, to supplant the maturing Windows 9x branch. The underlying discharge was met with
impressive analysis, especially in the territory of security, prompting the arrival of three significant Service
Packs. Windows XP SP1 was discharged in September 2002, SP2 was discharged in August 2004 and SP3
was discharged in April 2008. Administration Pack 2 gave critical upgrades and supported far reaching
reception of XP among both home and business clients. Windows XP endured longer as Microsoft's leader
working framework than some other variant of Windows, from October 25, 2001 to January 30, 2007
when it was prevailing by Windows Vista.
Windows XP is accessible in various variants:
 Windows XP Home Edition, for home work areas and workstations - needed highlights, for
example, joining Active Directory Domain, Remote Desktop Server and Internet Information
Services Server.
 Windows XP Home Edition N, as above, however without a default establishment of Windows
Media Player, as ordered by an European Union decision.
 Windows XP Professional, for business and power clients contained all highlights in Home Edition.
 Windows XP Professional N, as above, yet without a default establishment of Windows Media
Player, as ordered by an European Union decision
 Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE), discharged in October 2002 for work areas and note
pads with an accentuation on home excitement. Contained all highlights offered in Windows XP
Professional and the Windows Media Center. Consequent adaptations are the equivalent yet have
a refreshed Windows Media Center.
 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003
 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, discharged on October 12, 2004. Included Windows XP
Service Pack 2, the Royale Windows Theme and joining a Windows Active Directory Domain is
crippled. The Aquarium, Da Vinci, Nature and Space subjects are held from Windows XP Plus!
 Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, for tablet PCs
 Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
 Windows XP Embedded, for installed frameworks
 Windows XP Starter Edition, for new PC clients in creating nations
 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, discharged on April 25, 2005 for home and workstation
frameworks using 64-bits processors dependent on the x86-64 guidance set initially created by
AMD as AMD64; Intel calls their adaptation Intel 64. Inside, XP x64 was a fairly refreshed variant
of Windows dependent on the Server 2003 codebase.
 Windows XP 64-bits Edition, is a rendition for Intel's Itanium line of processors; keeps up 32-bits
similarity exclusively through a product emulator. It is generally similar to Windows XP
Professional in highlights. It was ended in September 2005 when the last merchant of Itanium
workstations quit shipping Itanium frameworks advertised as "Workstations".

Key Points:
1. Duration:
Released: October 25, 2001
End: April 8, 2004

2. Processor info:

Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz)

3. Min & Max Ram:
Min Ram: 128MB
Max Ram: 3.25(32-bits)
4. Pros:
I. The existing applications on Windows XP can run with other computers via the
Internet.
II. Windows XP has a stable system.
III. Windows XP can be used for various applications in real time to the entire world.
IV. Many applications or software that supports or is compatible with Windows XP.
V. many applications run well on this operating system.
VI. Mutual support between software and hardware so as to produce the best look.
5. Cons:
I. System security of the windows are very weak and thus susceptible to viruses and
worms
II. There is no community support for this operating system is not open source.

6. Where these this OS can be used:

Desktop and Laptops
Windows Vista:
Windows Vista was released on November 30, 2006 to business clients - customer forms
pursued on January 30, 2007. Windows Vista planned to have improved security by presenting another
confined client mode called User Account Control, supplanting the "chairman naturally" theory of
Windows XP. Vista was the objective of much analysis and negative press, and by and large was not all
around respected, this was viewed as prompting the moderately quick arrival of Windows 7.

One significant distinction among Vista and prior renditions of Windows, Windows 95 and later, is that
the first start catch was supplanted with the Windows symbol around (called the Start Orb). Vista
additionally includes new illustrations includes, the Windows Aero GUI, new applications, (for example,
Windows Calendar, Windows DVD Maker and some new games including Chess, Mahjong, and Purple
Place), Internet Explorer 7, Windows Media Player 11, and an enormous number of fundamental design
changes. Windows Vista has the variant number NT 6.0. Since its discharge, Windows Vista has had two
assistance packs.

Windows Vista sends in six editions:

 Starter (just accessible in creating nations)

 Home Basic
 Home Premium
 Business
 Venture (just accessible to huge business and undertaking)
 Extreme (joins both Home Premium and Enterprise)

All releases (aside from Starter release) are right now accessible in both 32-bits and 64-bits renditions.
The greatest bit of leeway of the 64-bits form is breaking the 4 gigabyte memory boundary, which 32-bits
PCs can't completely get to.

Key points of windows Vista:

1. Duration:
Released: November 30, 2006
End: April 11, 2017
2. Processor info:
A modern processor (at least 800 MHz)
3. Min & Max Ram:
Max Ram: 4GB(32-bits)
Min Ram: 512MB
4. Pros:

1. It's the Interface, Stupid.

2. Flip Over Windows Flip 3D.
3. Better Security

5. Cons:
I. Uses more system resources, which could be an issue if you don`t have a fast
machine
II. Driver support still isn`t great.
III. Expensive.