Monday, November 17, 2008

Week 3

OS Activities

1 comment:

SarahCorona said...

1pt - Us an alternative OS for regular daily tasks
I am use to using my personal computer with Microsoft XP. I have worked with Mac OS a lot at school. I tried to do a few things on my school computer that I normally do on my home pc for this activity. I found it easy to upload the pictures to my Mac but still ended up doing it on my pc too.

2pts - Investigate an alternative OS -
Microsoft Vista
• History of - Introduced in Nov. 2006
• What makes is unique - Vista seems a lot different than Windows XP and Mac OS. It seemed much more complicated to navigate. I am sure that if I had an opportunity to really use this OS that I could get use to it but I prefer the other operating systems that I have been using.
• Hardware requirements - 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
512 MB of system memory
20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory
DVD-ROM drive
Audio Output Internet access (fees may apply)
Additional requirements
Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration. Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor can help you determine which features and edition of Windows Vista will run on your computer.
While all editions of Windows Vista can support multiple core CPUs, only Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise can support dual processors.

Information form: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx

2pts - Watch "Pirates of the Silicon Valley"
We (Kay, Tim & I) got together to watch this video. I was surprised by a lot of the thinks that happened in this movie and found myself wondering how close it was to what actually happened. I also compared this to the video the video that we watched in class last week, which was interesting to see how close they were.