17. Windows 98
• Code name : Memphis
FEATURES ADDED :
Internet/browsing capabilities
Support for state-of-the-art hardware
Support for multigigabyte disk drives
TV viewer and broadcast ability
Wizards

18. Microsoft officially ended
support for Windows 98
on July 11, 2006..

21. Windows ME (Millennium
Edition)
• Developed specifically for the home user
FEATURES ADDED :
 Multimedia support (Media Player, movie
maker, image acquisition)
Reliability features (system file protection,
auto-update function, system restore)
Home network support

23. Windows NT (New
Technology)
-Corporate, Networked
environments
WORKSTATION SERVER
• for business users, • designed for
who need faster business
performance machines

25. Windows 2000 (W2K)
Final generation in the Windows NT
It knows who you are
Self-healing applications software

27. PROFESSIONAL SERVER SERVER
-individuals and
-small-to-medium
businesses of all
size businesses.
sizes.
ADVANCED SERVER DATACENTER SERVER
-application server, -applications
including those requiring high-speed
involving computation and
large databases. large databases.

32. - Professional Edition
• Business users connected to
corporate networks.

33. Home Edition
• Improved user interface
• Improved multi-media support
• More extensive personalization
• Multiple user support
• Internet support features

34. Media Center Edition
• Play DVDs
• Receive and record
television programs

36. Windows CE
(Consumer Electronics)
• Embedded system
• Internet connectivity

37. Supports
Microsoft’s
.NET platform
for web
services

40. Vista, (Longhorn), was released
for businesses, the holders of
most volume licenses, on
November 30, 2006.
-public download

43. Windows 7
• "Blackcomb" and "Vienna.“
• Faster boot times, new user interfaces
and the addition of Internet Explorer 8.

45. Mac OS
• User friendliness
• Easier to use than Windows
• Multimedia support and multitasking

47. UNIX
• YEW-nihks
• Multiuser time-sharing
• “UNIX graduate phenomenon”
• Character-based with a command-line user
interface
• First open or standard operating system

49. LINUX
• LYNN-uks
• Open source software
• Dual boot
• Stable
• Quick answers to problems
• Reinstalling is much simpler
• Relative scarcity of applications