Know More About Windows 2000 And Its Variants
An operating system is the most important program that runs on a computer system. It controls the functioning of the entire computer system. Windows 2000 is an operating system designed and developed by Microsoft Inc. Earlier, it was known as Windows NT. Windows 2000 has all the capabilities that an operating system should have. Plus it has many more advanced features that we could not find in earlier versions of Windows. It has multi tasking, multi user, multi processing and multi threading features for various tasks that takes place within the computer system. It controls peripheral devices while they are connected to other computer systems in a network.
Windows 2000 has been launched in the market in different variations which are designed to meet different requirements. These are Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advance Server editions of Windows 2000. Lets discuss about them in detail:
* Windows 2000 Professional Edition: This was specifically designed to meet all types of individuals as well as business purposes. This edition of Windows 2000 is the most economical edition of Windows and is quite famous for professional as well as individual uses. It contains around 29 million lines of code in C++ language. Key features of Windows 2000 Professional edition are:
1. It has support for FAT16, NTFS and FAT32 file systems. 2. It has some sort of tracking applications that could recognize and replace missing parts or components. 3. It better protects data which is sensitive by using Encryption methods. 4. It also has VPN (or Virtual Private Network) capabilities as they have advance features like Active Directories that helps an organization to form VPN. Following are the system requirements that should be present in computer systems to make Windows 2000 Professional edition work on them: * 133 MHz Intel Pentium Processor. * 32 MB RAM * 650 MB Hard Disk * DVD/CD ROM drive * VGA or higher quality monitor. * NIC card for installing a network connection. Windows 2000 Professional is available at a price of $300-$320 for full installation and $200 to $220 for upgrading from earlier versions like Windows 95. * Windows 2000 Server Edition: This edition offers special features like Active Directory, Securities and Interoperability with other kinds of operating systems. It allows the use COM+ for running component based applications, web based integrated applications and to run services like queuing. Windows 2000 Server edition makes quite easy to develop and deploy server based applications. Its system requirements are: * 133 MHz Pentium Processor * Four CPU supported * 256 MB RAM * 1 GB Hard Disk capacity * VGA monitor Windows 2000 Server costs $900 for full installation and $500 for upgrading. * Advanced server for Windows 2000: It is an operating system for line-in-business or e-commerce applications. It inhibits all the features of Windows 2000 Server edition and has some additional features like clustering, scalability, etc. Advanced servers could easily manage updates, clustering and applications. They are also highly reliable edition of Windows 2000. The system requirements are: * 133 MHz Pentium Processor * 256MB RAM * Eight CPU supported * 1 GB Hard Disk * VGA color monitor. Windows 2000 Advance server comes at a price of $3,600 for full installation and $ 3,200 for upgrading.
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