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Microsoft preparing for high-end Windows
News Microsoft is building a high-end feature into Windows for speeding up data access in multiprocessor servers -- a feature that to date has been available only in high-end Unix servers, the company said on Tuesday.
[April 17, 2002, 11:29]
IBM drops price of high-end Windows
News Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition is designed for high-end multiprocessor servers running critical tasks. Microsoft has tried for years to spread Windows to high-end servers, a domain in which Unix systems and mainframes have long dominated.
[June 7, 2004, 8:45]
New Fujitsu High-End Dual-Core Itanium 2-Based PRIMEQUEST Servers Offer Mission-Critical Hosting for Linux and Windows Applications
White Papers PRIMEQUEST servers will offer unique Fujitsu-originated enhancements to the Linux and Windows operating systems. Vista may contain specific enhancements supporting PRIMEQUEST, but they will be part of the generic set of features of Windows Server.
[August 26, 2006, 1:00]
MS, Intel woo high-end developers
News The intent is to secure the hearts and minds of developers of high-end engineering software. Intel has also unveiled a new graphics specification intended to speed up NT-based systems and make them more attractive as power machines.
[March 6, 1998, 16:15]
US Report: Xeon a zero in high end?
News The major Windows NT workstation makers rolled out systems ranging in price from Gateway's $3,700 (£2,313) E-5250 to Intergraph's $4,225 (£2,641) TDZ 2000 GX1 Vizual workstation. The 450MHz processors are shipping with 512KB of L2 cache, with...
[October 7, 1998, 11:18]
Tool Helps Financial-Services Firm Reach Out to High-End Brokers and Customers
White Papers Streetscape for Windows, a system developed by Fidelity Investments, gives brokers using Fidelity services the ability to easily manage customer accounts while gaining real-time access to Fidelity financial products.
[April 1, 2007, 1:00]
VMware delays high-end products
News ESX server runs atop a thin level of virtualisation software, a technique that permits higher performance and more computing capacity than the VMware Server product, which runs atop a Windows or Linux host operating system.
[February 13, 2006, 8:15]
Micrografx fits low price to high-end graphics pack
News Available immediately, Windows Draw 5 and Print Studio (£45 including VAT) is targeted at the home and office user. It bundles 20,000 clip-art and photo images, 30 drawing tools and hundreds of wizard-driven projects for commonly-produced graphics.
[October 7, 1996, 10:21]
high-quality Windows experience?
Talkback High quality and Windows is a contradiction in terms. What they will end up with is a slow running computer, subject to trojans, virus's, adware, and malware. This is hilarious! Can you imagine someone who has never seen a computer before getting...
[January 11, 2008, 13:39]
Windows 7 Still High Maintenance.
Talkback Yes Windows 7 is still high maintenance. Yes, just like all the other versions of windows, people like adobe will do all they can to make sure that their software auto runs at boot. It's easy to end up with lots of apps doing this and slowing you...
[October 15, 2009, 17:44]
SGI begins high-end Linux push
News SGI has also had a tough time with Windows workstations, an experience that led the company to retrench and focus on its high-end technical customers rather than the general business market. SGI, a maker of high-end computers for technical tasks...
[January 7, 2003, 8:24]
IBM hypes high-end notebook
News Computer makers offer a wide variety of these machines, some based on Windows and others using the Linux or Unix operating system. With the launch of the Pentium 4-M this week and the advent of new, better-performing graphics for notebooks, IBM...
[March 6, 2002, 15:39]
Microsoft to charge more for high-end Exchange
News On the desktop side, the company has announced plans for "Ultimate" editions of Windows Vista and Office 2007. At the same time, its Windows Server operating system is moving into the supercomputer arena.
[June 2, 2006, 9:35]
Study: Linux headed for high end, too
News The study balances out a recent report by IDC that found Windows to be less expensive than Linux for many server tasks, chiefly because Windows was less expensive to administer. We believe that Linux will not take away market share from Microsoft...
[January 10, 2003, 8:09]
HP casts lure to hook high-end Linux customers
News Linux, a lower-cost alternative to Windows and Unix, is slowly growing into servers with more than one processor. Hewlett-Packard will bring one of its Unix software packages to Linux to make the comparatively new operating system more useful on...
[January 25, 2001, 15:25]
New chip powers high-end Intel servers
News Servers made with Intel chips running Windows or Linux dominate the one- and two-processor segment. The x440 is IBM's high-end Intel machine and is capable of running 16 chips at once. We're getting a lot of customers coming from Sun to Intel on...
[November 4, 2002, 8:16]
Microsoft wants mainframe to run Windows
News Microsoft is expanding a plan to draw mainframe customers to Windows for high-end applications. The company is boosting its efforts to land mainframe customers at a time when Linux -- the operating system most threatening to Microsoft's low-end...
[August 26, 2004, 9:20]
.Net Server: Three delays a charm?
News Microsoft has for the third time delayed the launch of its Windows .Net Server 2003 high-end operating system. There's not a major demand right now for the high-end Windows, so in that sense this delay isn't that big a deal," said Technology...
[November 18, 2002, 15:56]
Cray turns to Windows for new supercomputer line
News Microsoft's entry into the supercomputing market took another step on Tuesday as high-end system leader Cray announced plans for its first machine running the Windows HPC Server operating system. With the Cray CX1 high productivity system and...
[September 16, 2008, 16:55]
Linux beats Microsoft with Itanium support
News A version of Microsoft Windows for Intel's upcoming high-end Itanium chip won't be available when the chip arrives, but rival operating system Linux will. Itanium is scheduled to ship in the first half of 2001, but a new version of Windows tailored...
[December 22, 2000, 8:39]
