HP dc7608 HP Compaq Business Desktop dc7700 Software Overview September 2006 - Page 3

Operating System Support Operating systems preinstalled1 with the dc7700 series include one of the following: • Microsoft Windows© XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 2 • Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2 Operating systems with Limited Supported2 for the dc7700 series include: • Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 Operating systems NOT supported but have been tested and documented3 for the dc7700 series include: • None Operating systems NOT supported4 (not a complete list) by HP for the dc7700 series include: • IBM OS/2 • Windows 95 • Windows Me • Windows NT • Windows 98SE Operating systems certified5 for the dc7700 series include: • Red Hat Enterprise Workstation 3.0 (post launch availability) • SUSE Linux Desktop (post launch availability) • Novell Netware client (post launch availability) Microsoft Windows XP The dc7700 series will launch with a choice of Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 preinstalled. Below is a table highlighting software components added to the dc7700 compared to previous generation products and can be used by IT Professionals as a guide to note driver changes within the Windows XP operating system. 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 dc7700 Software Overview Whitepaper 3