• Help with Operating System question.
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Been trying to find the answer to this. [quote] Identify and explain two Operating Systems techniques that had been used in the past, fell out of favour and have re-appeared in modern Operating Systems.[/quote] Anybody know what this is?
It appears to be a question.
[QUOTE=Dr Egg;29954348]It appears to be a question.[/QUOTE] I thought it was a signed photo of Tom Selleck. Colour me surprised.
[QUOTE=Dr Egg;29954348]It appears to be a question.[/QUOTE] Yup, that's a question alright. :ms:
That is a very general question. Was it to a multiple choice question?
How could you even think that it is a multiple choice question- [quote]Identify and explain two Operating Systems techniques that had been used in the past, fell out of favour and have re-appeared in modern Operating Systems.[/quote] You're supposed to name and explain two OS techniques that have been used, became old, and then re-appeared in modern OS's. Perhaps touch upon the exit/minimize/maximize buttons being on the left side of applications in very old builds of Windows and then re-appearing in MacOS?
The Windows superbar? Windows 1: [img]http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/e7/WindowsLiveWriter/HappyAnniversaryWindowsontheEvolutionoft_1365F/clip_image002_thumb.jpg[/img] Windows 7: [img]http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/sshot48.png[/img]
Isn't that called the task bar?
What is an OS technique? :colbert:
A style of doings things (the form control buttons, the task bar, task manager, windows [GUI's])
Well, I have a good example from Mac OS X and BSD: [i]"Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD, sometimes called Berkeley Unix) is a UNIX operating system derivative developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 to 1995."[/i] -From Wikipedia TL;DR: BSD, (Not to be confused with BDSM) was a Unix OS that was used by true... well, nerds. Now look at THIS Wikipedia excerpt: [i]"Mac OS X is based upon the Mach kernel. Certain parts from FreeBSD's and NetBSD's implementation of Unix were incorporated in NeXTSTEP, the core of Mac OS X." [/i] I cannot seem to find a screenshot of it, but booting a Mac in verbose mode brings up several lines about UNIX policies used in NetBSD, and several terminal codes say "Copyright 2000, The Regents of the University of California" and the term BSD shows up alot aswell. Since you posted this under Windows, and since UberMensch had an excellent point, here's 2 things to think about: Windows Vista was probably one of MS's most hated OS's. I agree that it wasn't as good as XP. Now that windows 7 has been released, Microsoft has stopped the whole "VISTA IS BETTER BECAUSE ITS SHINY AND AWESOME BUY DIS SHEET NOW OMG LOL" and moved to putting [b]Windows XP in Windows 7 Business and Ultimate for free.[/b] It's called Windows XP mode, and is a perfect example of what you might be looking for. Over time, MS has returned to once again saying that XP was a great OS, and they have re-implemented it 100% more. The second thing (yet somewhat humorous) is completely true. The BSoD. The infamous stop error screen. it might not have ever been removed, but making it stronger and embedding it more into the OS has come and gone. Originally, the error consisted of odd and random characters, mostly in computer code. in Windows 95, you could press enter and skip the blue screen. The BSoD is a great example because it has always been used, and has evolved into something quite feared by every user who thinks getting it means their computer is dead forever. Hope this helps. On a side note, this is the biggest amount of content I've put into a post on Facepunch Ever.
[QUOTE=The Bertolet;30075486]:words:[/QUOTE] XP mode is included with only certain versions of windows 7 and was included only because Windows 7 won't run some programs that some people absolutely have to be able to run (some finance software is an example).
To be specific, Ultimate and Business (and I believe enterprise aswell, not sure.) and EVERYONE knows that newer versions of windows have compatibility issues.
[QUOTE=Andy;29928695]Been trying to find the answer to this. Anybody know what this is?[/QUOTE] Touch/Tablet would be one. Mobile would be the other I think.
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