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Windows 3.x established the look of the operating system.
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An application has expectedly quit.
Windows 3.x has come to the closing moments of its long life.
On 1 November Microsoft stopped issuing licences for the software that made its debut in May 1990 in the US.
The various versions of Windows 3.x (including 3.11) released in the early 1990s, were the first of Microsoft’s graphical user interfaces to win huge worldwide success.
They helped Microsoft establish itself and set the trend for how it makes its revenues, and what drives the company until the present day.
High flyer
For many computer users 3.x was the first Windows-based operating system they used, and the software established the iconography of Microsoft’s flagship product.
As it was updated the software started to make PCs a serious rival to Apple machines, as it could take advantage of much improved graphics, had a broader colour palette, and could use multimedia extras such as sound cards and CD Rom drives.
Microsoft maintained support for Windows 3.x until the end of 2001, and it has lived on as an embedded operating system until 1 November 2008.
Windows 3.x has found a role onboard some long-haul jet aircraft.
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As an embedded system, it was used to power such things as cash tills in large stores and ticketing systems.
One of its more glamorous uses as an embedded operating system is to power the in-flight entertainment systems on some Virgin and Qantas long-haul jets.
Tech specs
Stefan Berka, who runs the GUI Documentation Project, said the important technical innovations in the software were its extended memory that could address more than 640KB and the improvements to hardware support.
The fact that it was 100% compatible with older MSDOS applications helped too.
Windows 3.x required an 8086/8088 processor or better that had a clock speed of up to 10MHz. It needed at least 640KB of RAM, seven megabytes of hard drive space, and a graphics card that supported CGA, EGA and VGA graphics.
By comparison, the Home Basic version of Windows Vista requires a 32-bit 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 20GB of hard drive space, and a graphics card with at least 32MB of memory.
Many people still rely on older operating systems.
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“I haven’t received an e-mail about Windows 3.11 for a long time,” said Andy Rathbone, author of a Dummies guide to the software. “But I wouldn’t be surprised if some people still use it.”
Sales of the software still pop up on eBay, he said, but not at a price that would tempt him to part with his unopened copy of Windows 3.1.
Agent Quang from home IT support firm The Geek Squad, said he regularly encountered venerable operating systems in customer’s homes but it had been a long time since he saw Windows 3.x.
“The majority of machines we run see are running XP,” he said, “Vista is still a bit flaky here and there and people are not comfortable with it.”
But, he said, Windows 95 and 98 were still popular with some customers.
“We see them on laptops and people are unwilling to let them go,” he said. “It’s perhaps because in the early days laptops cost a lot more money they do now, and there’s much more perceived value there.”
Agent Quang’s personal favourite operating system was Windows 98 because, by the end of its life, the software was so solid.
Old Iron
He said anyone running an ageing operating system might face problems as they try to find a web browser that could run on it and display the latest online innovations.
“We had a case a while ago a customer with a Windows 98 machine trying to view her website and the pictures were just not coming up,” he said. “Eventually we had to install Netscape Navigator to get it working.”
Stefan Berka said he had recently re-installed Windows 3.11 on a computer and was surprised at the results.
“Personally, I had fun at my last Windows 3.11 test installation to make it a useful desktop operating system again,” he said.
“With patched SVGA driver for 1024×768 resolution, Internet Explorer 5, WinZIP, VfW and Video Player, it was still useful,” he said. “The desktop was ready after a few seconds loading time.”
Said Mr Rathbone: “Windows 3.11 would still work reasonably well today, provided it only ran software released around the same time.”
He cautioned against anyone considering returning to the olden days and using it as their mainstay operating system.
He said: “I wouldn’t connect it to the internet, though, as it’s not sophisticated enough to ward off attackers.”
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While we’ve officially confirmed that the Nvidia chipset in the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros can theoretically support up to 8GB of RAM, Apple says the capacities for each top out at 4GB. Turns out, the actual number is right there in the middle—chip supplier Ramjet has tested and officially confirmed that the new MacBooks can support 6GB RAM via one 2GB module and one 4GB module. But why not eight?
According to the rep I spoke to, Ramjet’s tests and previous experiences by others have shown that 8GB of RAM in a notebook throws OS X into fits, making it unstable for actual use. Ramjet claims though that 6GB is a screamer—utilizing a fresh new 4GB 1066 SO-DIMM paired with a 2GB; the performance gained by having an extra two gigs negates the performance loss that tends to follow from having an unmatched pair of differently sized modules. Sadly, that combo will set you back around $675 at Ramjet ($600 for the 4GB module alone). But it’s possible.
So when’s that update for true working 8GB support on these notebooks going to come, Apple?
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LOS ANGELES – After dragging its feet for years, Microsoft says it plans to offer Web-based versions of its Office programs that let people create and edit documents inside a browser.
The surprise move, announced here this morning, is a sharp change for one of the Redmond company’s oldest and most profitable franchises. Traditional versions of Microsoft Word, Excel and other programs dominate the market, and Microsoft has been reluctant to offer functional online counterparts — even as Google and other rivals have beaten it to the punch.
It’s part of Microsoft’s broader move toward online services, coming a day after the company announced plans for a new “cloud computing” platform, Windows Azure, that will let software developers create and deliver programs over the Internet from Microsoft’s data centers.
Taken together, the moves reflect a new era for Microsoft under the leadership of Ray Ozzie, the online services guru who has replaced Bill Gates as the company’s chief software architect.
However, the company says it’s not looking to abandon its traditional software businesses. Microsoft describes the Web-based Office applications as “lightweight” versions that aim to complement the standard Office programs without replacing them.
Microsoft says it will offer Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the OneNote note-taking application as Web applications. The company isn’t say when final versions will be made available in final form, except that they will come with the next wave of Office programs. Microsoft says it expects to conduct a private technical preview of the Office Web applications this fall.
An existing Microsoft offering, Office Live Workspace, offers online document sharing and collaboration, but without full-fledged authoring and editing capabilities.
The Web-based Office applications will come with an on-screen interface reminiscent of their PC-based counterparts, with a variation of the “ribbon” navigational menu that was introduced in the most-recent release of the traditional Office programs.
The company isn’t disclosing pricing or other specifics. The Web-based Office programs will be available to consumers through the existing Office Live service, which offers programs and services under both advertising- and subscription-based models. Microsoft says it will offer the applications to businesses through subscriptions and volume licensing agreements.
The programs are expected to be demonstrated this morning at the company’s Professional Developers Conference here. Also at the conference, Microsoft is giving the first detailed look at Windows 7, the next version of the company’s flagship PC operating system.
The Web-based Office applications will come with an on-screen interface reminiscent of their PC-based counterparts, with a variation of the “ribbon” navigational menu that was introduced in the most-recent release of the traditional Office programs.
The company isn’t disclosing pricing or other specifics. The Web-based Office programs will be available to consumers through the existing Office Live service, which offers programs and services under both advertising- and subscription-based models. Microsoft says it will offer the applications to businesses through subscriptions and volume licensing agreements.
The programs are expected to be demonstrated this morning at the company’s Professional Developers Conference here. Also at the conference, Microsoft is giving the first detailed look at Windows 7, the next version of the company’s flagship PC operating system.
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Ed note : i love how ” pop ” media jumps on a bandwagon soon as some overpaid ” think tank ” researcher gets up on stage and avers what we internet users have known for about 10 years .. LOL … these dunderheads are the keepers of the economy and that is precisely why its tanking …
any fools donkey can tell you that any programmer can help you circumvent the IT rules of the house … not allowing people to communicate may help keep the office quite but it will ruin business because anybody with a real idea has to communcate it, the ones that are following your company rules and reciting after you are sucking on your oxygen at a time when 500 million Indians, 600 million Chinese, millions of South Americans, millions of Russians are doing everything they can and more to improve life at home by working on the cheap for anyone who cares to pay -
Businesses in the EU and the US ( the so called West ) that choke access to these idea rich, capital starved idea pools are only hastening their inevitable downfall, schools in the West are hard pressed to find good engineers, doctors, scientists, programmers and mathematicians ( Mr Bill Gates himself is on record saying he has never met so many young, bright, educated professionals as he has in India .. ) because the average student is gearing up to slot himself into some unionised median wage job where he is only a consumer, a monkey to turn that wrench; neither has the West invested in creating future – proof engineering jobs, nor has it invested in renewable energy, nor has it spent enough to educate its populace on the advantages of Information technologies, nor has it re structured its schooling to allow the best ideas to stay in the country – the best ideas are getting shipped to China and India for research and develop enabling these economies to learn, adapt and catch up, its an exponential growth – since the mid 80s when IT started to take off more dollar millionaires employees have been created in India than the US or the EU ( as of 2000, India had 80 million Dollar millioanires, thats the entire population of Germany ) – why ? arent Americans smart enough ?
The West does not know how to save its income, they blow it all up on stupid entertainment ( Im not sure how else to categorise 200 million USD spent on making tripe like ” Titanic “at a time when millions of children starve to death in Sub Saharan Africa – the EU and the US have built their capital markets, lifestyle and consumer spending by preying on poor economies – now these same Western societies – economies are hoping that their former prey will open their purse strings to help them maintain the former opulence.
The head of Infosys India has no 300 million yatch; I personally would prefer that the Western economies that profited from years of growing consumer spending fulled by low interest rates just die out, lets replace them with a global economy where your idea comes from smart people ( not white or yellow or blue or offshore ) , where you capital comes not from speculative players but from savings and solid business plans, where you develop and keep markets abroad and at home via innovation ( thus engendering a culture of free thinking and innovation ) and one where the future is what you make it rather than what you are forced to inherit after each economic bubble – we can do it.
And to make it happen all we really need to do is install an IM and tap into the Billion people on the Internet, atleast 5 % of who are really smart. It wasnt the Industrial Revolution that opened up the world for the common man, it was the Movable Type; it wasnt capitalism or socialism or government intervention that drove the French Revolution, it was ideas.
Ideas are to be gifted. If you dont whats the idea worth anyway ?
I hope I have made my stance on IMs clear – set the herd free … they arent your slaves, if your staff is under producing due to IMs then you have the wrong people in the wrong jobs; any noob can show you how to ignore messages that decrese productivity, you dont need to be Albert Einsten to hang out a ” Do not disturb ” sign.
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