Tyco Electronics (Willow Grove, PA), a business segment of Tyco
International Ltd, announced today that the company is offering
Q-Series and APS-1H customers the ability to upgrade their machines to
the Windows XP operating system.
According to Tyco, Windows XP's ease of use and dependability are benefits to customers, as well as factors such as:
- advanced security: Windows XP Professional builds on the security
model in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000, making system security easier
to manage. Additionally, users can protect data transmitted across a
network. IPSec is a key part of providing security for vital private
networks (VPN), which allow organizations to transmit data securely
over the Internet.
- increased application compatibility: Numerous operations that
cannot run in Windows 2000 will run on Windows XP Professional, right
out of the box. If an application is not natively supported by Windows
XP Professional, a user or system administrator can specify if the
application needs to run in either a Windows NT 4.0 or a Windows
95/98/ME compatibility mode.
- Windows File Protection: This feature protects core system files
from being overwritten by application installations. If a file is
overwritten, Windows File Protection will restore the correct version.
- availability: This upgrade will be available on June 1, 2004. The
availability date depends on the user's current system configuration,
and a CPU, hard drive or memory upgrade may be required.
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