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WHITE PAPER (cont.) ... Feature Universal Serial Bus (USB) Setup Enhancements Faster Shutdown Description Allows for Plug-N-Play and daisy chaining of up to 127 devices off of a single port. USB also offers greater speed over traditional serial buses (up to 12 Mbs). The connector also provides power across the bus. Enhancements decrease setup time while increasing setup reliability. The setup interface shows the user how far along in the setup process they are. The shutdown time has been dramatically reduced from Windows 95 to Windows 98. FAT32 Conversion Utility A graphical utility which can quickly and safely convert a hard drive from the original version of FAT to FAT32. Power Management Win32® Driver Model (WDM) Windows Maintenance Wizard Windows 98 is the first Microsoft operating system to feature ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). ACPI is an open industry specification that is an integral part of the Microsoft OnNow initiative. A new, unified driver model for Windows 95 and Windows NT that will enable new devices to have a single driver for both operating systems. It allows Windows 98 to maintain full legacy device driver support while adding support for new WDM drivers. Allows users to schedule regular maintenance for their systems. The Windows Maintenance Wizard includes: Disk Defragmenter; ScanDisk; and Disk Cleanup. Version Conflict Manager This feature will detect file version conflicts with installed programs and will install the Windows version of the driver. Remote Access Server Support for Intel MMX Processors Enables the users' desktop to act as a dial-up server. Allows dial-up clients to remotely connect to a Windows 98 machine for local resource access. This feature provides support for third parties to build software that exploits the Intel Pentium Multimedia Extensions (MMX). Multiple Display Support Support for New Generation of Hardware Allows the user to display different images on multiple monitors using multiple graphics adapters on a single PC. This feature effectively expands the size the Windows desktops extending beyond a single monitor. Expanded array of hardware support including, but not limited to, Universal Serial Bus (USB), IEEE 1394, Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP), Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), and DVD. Table 5 - New Feature & Hardware Support Under Windows 98 Some of the new features and hardware support introduced with Windows 98 has particular appeal to some commercial notebook users. However, all features of Windows 98 are not supported across all Compaq notebook families. As well, Compaq unique features such as Intelligent Manageability are not supported across all notebook families under Windows 98. Refer to Table 6 for more information on which notebooks support key Compaq unique and Windows 98 features. 9