HP LTE Notebook PC 5100 Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products - Page 15

Operating System Support for Compaq Portable Products 15 helps ensure wide and varied testing of Compaq Armada products by Compaq, Microsoft, and joint customers. For more information about the Compaq / Microsoft partnership, refer to http://www.compaq.com/partners/microsoft. For more information about Windows 2000 at Compaq, refer to. Windows 2000 Hardware Requirements Microsoft will publish minimum hardware requirements for running Windows 2000 on portable PCs prior to the commercial availability of Windows 2000. Microsoft is currently promoting a "Windows 2000 READY PC" program that advertises systems that meet recommended standards for running Windows 2000. These recommended standards exceed the minimum requirements, but are considered by Microsoft to be the ideal capabilities for upgrading to Windows 2000. Table 8 shows the READY PC requirements. Compaq was a participant in the early Ready PC program in 1998 and will continue to participate in 1999 on selected Armada models. Many Armada models meet the minimum hardware requirements for running Windows 2000, and a significant subset of those also meet the more stringent READY PC requirements. Table 8. Microsoft's Windows 2000 Ready PC Requirements for Portable PCs48 Category Processor Memory Hard Drive Operating System Power Management Ready PC Requirements for Portable PCs 233 Mhz 64 MB N/A Preinstalled with Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 ACPI Ready and Enabled Windows 2000 Beta Support As discussed above, Compaq is actively participating in Microsoft's Windows 2000 Deployment Program and is working to make Compaq Armada products the premier platforms for running Windows 2000. Compaq is providing support for Windows 2000 Beta 3. Client drivers and utilities will be supported natively in the Windows 2000 Beta release. BIOS releases and white papers are available at www.compaq.com/partners.microsoft/windows2000/portables. Refer to the white paper Windows 2000 Beta 3 Support on Compaq Armada Portables for a list of supported platforms and the required BIOS levels for those platforms. Windows 2000 Feature Considerations Windows 2000 promises to offer premier support for mobile platforms. Many of the features provided by Compaq value-add software in Windows NT 4.0 now become part of the operating system. Most notably, Windows 2000 has full support for ACPI power management and PC Cards. Some of the key features currently planned for Windows 2000 are highlighted in Table 9. 48 These requirements were taken from www.microsoft.com/windows and are current as of this writing. These are subject to change by Microsoft without notice. Refer to this Web site for the most up to date information. NA120D/0199