HP LTE Elite Notebook PC 4/50 Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Pla - Page 10

WHITE PAPER (cont.) NOTE: l = Windows 98 feature supported without requiring additional hardware or software. £ = Windows 98 feature supported with additional optional hardware or software. Refer to the footnotes for more information. ¡ = Windows 98 feature not supported on the specified notebook family. IMPORTANT! Customers who downgrade from the preinstalled version of Windows 95 OSR2 to an earlier version of Windows 95 will lose key functionality. Compaq strongly recommends that customers do not downgrade. ... KEY WINDOWS 98 FEATURE SUPPORT BY COMPAQ PORTABLE FAMILY Notebook Family Armada 1500 Armada 1700 Armada 3500 Armada 4200 Armada 6500 Armada 7300 Armada 7700 Armada 7400 Armada 7800 Compaq Intelligent Manageability l l l l ¡28 l l l l Multilink25 USB26 £ £ l £ l £ £ l l Multiple Monitor Support27 ACPI ¡ l l l l ¡ ¡ l l Table 4 - Key Windows 98 Feature Support by Compaq Portable Family Windows 95 Windows 95 is currently being preinstalled on the Armada 1500, Armada 1700, Armada 3500, Armada 4100, Armada 4200, Armada 6500, and Armada 7000 families. The version being used is the OEM Service Release 2.1/2.5 (OSR2), which has been enhanced over the previous Windows 95 OSR1 release and the currently shipping retail version of Windows 95. Windows 95 OSR2 enables key hardware in the latest portable products and provides support for Compaq software that is not available under OSR1. For customers who choose to downgrade to OSR1 or the retail version of Windows 95, Compaq only supports those features inherently supported in the operating system. Table 4 lists new features and hardware support introduced with Windows 95 OSR2 and which are not supported under Windows 95 OSR1. FEATURE & HARDWARE SUPPORT UNDER WINDOWS 95 OSR2 Feature FAT32 DriveSpace Update Description Enhancements to the Windows 95 FAT file system designed to efficiently support large hard disks, up to 2 Terabytes in size. Includes updates to FDISK, Format, Scandisk, and Defrag disk utilities to support FAT32 partitions. Windows 95 DriveSpace compression utility now supports compressed volumes up to 2 GB in size. Note: DriveSpace compression is not supported on FAT32 volumes. 25 Multilink requires multiple modems. Some Armada notebooks include an integrated modem while others do not. At a minimum a second PC Card or serial modem is required to take advantage of Multilink. 26 Currently, the only Armada notebook to ship with integrated USB is the Armada 7800. All others require optional USB hardware such as the Compaq USB PC Card. 27 Multiple Monitor Support requires multiple video controllers. Only the Armada 7300, 7700 and 7800 feature a dual video controller architecture that enables this feature. In the case of the Armada 7800, as of this printing, the video drivers shipped by Microsoft with the operating system and those shipped by Compaq do not support this feature. Compaq will release specific Windows 98 video drivers for the Armada 7800 that will support this feature. All other Compaq notebook families listed as not supporting Windows 98 multiple monitor features may support it using a second video card in a docking station. For the purposes of this table, only those notebooks capable of supporting the feature without a second video card were noted as such. 28 The Armada 6500 has ClientWORKS which offers similar functionality. 10