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1. Operating-system juggling and OS/2

Author

Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J.

Subjects
64-bit operating system, 32-bit operating system, Operating system, International Business Machines Corp. -- Product information, OS/2 (Operating system) -- Design and construction -- Product information, Operating systems -- Product information, Compatible hardware -- Product information, Upward/downward compatibility -- Product information, Compatible software -- Product information, Concurrent programming -- Product information, Forward compatibility -- Product information, Multithreading -- Product information, Multitasking -- Product information
Abstract

Running one operating system on top of or within another operating system can be like running a circus. Some operating systems try to keep other operating systems flying through the […]

Published
1993

2. Pentium to raise the PC stakes; to stay even with competition, vendors face big R&D investment spike

Author

Humphrey, Charles

Subjects
Product market share, Research and development, Semiconductor industry, Microprocessor, Market domination, Company market share, Microprocessor upgrade, Intel Corp. -- Product information -- Market share, Intel Pentium (Microprocessor) -- Market share -- Product information, Central processing units -- Market share -- Product information, Reverse engineering -- Product information, Microprocessors -- Market share -- Product information, Compatible hardware -- Product information, Upward/downward compatibility -- Product information, Semiconductor industry -- Product information, Compatible software -- Product information, Forward compatibility -- Product information, Market share -- Product information, Industrial research -- Product information
Abstract

If any company has been able to feast off the standardization of hardware platforms, it's Intel. But the giant chip maker isn't the sole vendor that has profited from the […]

Published
1993

3. On Windows

Author

Bonner, Paul

Subjects
GUI, Microsoft Corp. -- Product information, Microsoft Windows (GUI) -- Design and construction, Compatible hardware -- Product information, Upward/downward compatibility -- Product information, Compatible software -- Product information, Forward compatibility -- Product information, Graphical user interface -- Product information
Abstract

One of the primary benefits of using Windows is the common user interface shared by Windows applications. If you know how to use one Windows application, you know how to […]

Published
1992

4. What's an 'IBM-compatible'?: old guard no longer sets the standards

Author

Dickinson, John

Subjects
International Business Machines Corp. -- Product information, Compatible hardware -- Product information, Upward/downward compatibility -- Product information, Compatible software -- Product information, Forward compatibility -- Product information
Abstract

When's the last time you bought an IBM-compatible PC? Yesterday? Last week? Last year? Maybe it's been never, because what you've been buying are not 'IBM-compatible PCs,' but something I […]

Published
1991

5. The personal GUI: searching for the alternative Windows interface

Author

Machrone, Bill

Subjects
Performance improvement, Software quality, GUI, Microsoft Corp. -- Product information, Direct Access (Menuing utility) -- Design and construction, Microsoft Windows (GUI), Norton Desktop for Windows 2.2 (Disk/file management software) -- Design and construction, NewWave (GUI) -- Design and construction -- Product information, WinTools (GUI) -- Design and construction, METZ Task Manager (Utility program) -- Design and construction, Software -- Product information, Compatible hardware -- Product information, Upward/downward compatibility -- Product information, Compatible software -- Product information, Forward compatibility -- Product information, Graphical user interface -- Product information
Abstract

Graphical user interfaces are supposed to make computing easier. So much easier, in fact, that Windows is destined (according to Microsoft, at least) to become the user interface for everything […]

Published
1993

6. Latecomer adds new twist to 386/486 market: questions still surround new Cyrix 486SLC

Author

Slater, Michael

Subjects
Microprocessor, Microprocessor upgrade, Computer design, Cyrix Corp. -- Product information, Chips and Technologies Inc. -- Product information, Cyrix CX486SLC (Microprocessor) -- Design and construction, Chips and Technologies Super386 38605SX (Microprocessor) -- Design and construction, Central processing units -- Product information, Computer design -- Product information, Microprocessors -- Product information, Compatible hardware -- Product information, Upward/downward compatibility -- Product information, Compatible software -- Product information, Forward compatibility -- Product information
Abstract

The number of makers of 386/486 architecture microprocessors is up to four, as Cyrix joined the fray just before Spring COMDEX this past April. The new chip, the Cx486SLC, combines […]

Published
1992

7. Microsoft backs off challenge to Adobe; in about-face, it refocuses on Windows-based printing solutions

Subjects
Company marketing practices, Product marketing strategy, Adobe Inc. -- Product information -- Marketing, Microsoft Corp. -- Marketing, PostScript (Printer software) -- Marketing, Computer software industry -- Product information, Compatible hardware -- Product information, Upward/downward compatibility -- Product information, Compatible software -- Product information, Forward compatibility -- Product information
Abstract

Rare as it is, even Microsoft can sometimes make a mistake. Two years ago, the software giant turned its guns on Adobe, the company who Postscript printer language has dominated […]

Published
1991

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