HP Dc7800 HP Compaq Business Desktop dc7800 Software Overview - Page 3

Operating System Support Operating systems preinstalled1 with the dc7800 series include one of the following: • Microsoft Windows© XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 2 • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Edition • Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition (32 bit) • Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition (64 bit) Operating systems supported on the dc7800 series include one of the following: • Microsoft Windows© XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 2 • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic Edition • Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition (32 bit) • Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition (64 bit) • Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise Edition (32 bit) • Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise Edition (64 bit) • Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (32 bit) • Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (64 bit) Operating systems with Limited Supported2 for the dc7800 series include: • Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 (integrated components only) Operating systems NOT supported but have been tested and documented3 for the dc7800 series include: • None Operating systems NOT supported4 (not a complete list) by HP for the dc7800 series include: • IBM OS/2 • Windows 95 • Windows Me • Windows NT • Windows 98SE Operating systems certified5 for the dc7800 series include: • Red Hat Enterprise Workstation 3.0 (post launch availability) • SUSE Linux Desktop (post launch availability) • Novell Netware client (post launch availability) 1 Pre-installed support is defined as follows: 1) Operating System offered for sale pre-installed on system, 2) drivers fully WHQL certified, and 3) drivers posted to WEB (www.hp.com) at product announcement. 2 Limited Support is defined as follows: 1) Operating System is not offered pre-installed, 2) critical sub-system drivers are available on web/CD within 30 days of product announcement (critical sub-systems include NIC, audio, video.) 3 Test & Document Support is defined as follows: 1) OS is loaded and tested in a "will it run criteria," 2) no driver development, 3) problems are documented, 4) no integration testing and 5) no support provided by HP. 4 Not Supported is defined as follows: 1) No loading of Operating System, 2) no testing and 3) no issue documentation. 5 Certified is defined as follows: 1) Hardware is provided to vendor for testing and certification, 2) all drivers are OS vendor dependant, no support provided by HP, and 3) certification is posted to vendor Web site. HP Compaq dc7800 Software Overview Whitepaper 3