| Product Feature |
Windows 95 |
Windows NT
Workstation 4.0 |
| Runs
MS-DOS® device drivers |
Yes |
No |
|
| Runs 16-bit
Windows®-based device drivers |
Yes |
No |
|
| Recommended
RAM for running multiple applications |
16+MB |
32+MB |
|
| Typical
disk space requirement |
40MB |
120MB |
|
| Runs on
PowerPC, MIPS R4x00 and Alpha
AXP-based RISC systems |
No |
Yes |
|
| Supports
multiple CPUs |
No |
Yes |
Application Support |
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| Product Feature |
Windows 95 |
Windows NT
Workstation |
| 32-bit
Windows-based API for application development, OLE for
linking data across applications |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Preemptive
multitasking of 32-bit Windows-based applications |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Runs 16-bit
Windows-based applications |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Multimedia
APIs (DibEngine, DirectDraw®, DirectSound®,
DirectInput®, Reality Lab
3D graphics libraries |
Yes |
DirectDraw
and DirectSound Others:
1997 |
|
| DCOM |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| OpenGL
graphics libraries for 3D graphics |
Yes. Service Pack 1 |
Yes |
|
| System
Resources Capacity |
Greatly expanded |
Unlimited |
|
| Runs MS-DOS
applications |
Yes |
Most |
|
| Runs IBM Presentation Manager (through 1.3) and POSIX 1003.1
applications |
No |
Yes |
Manageability |
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| Product Feature |
Windows 95 |
Windows NT
Workstation |
| Preemptive
multitasking for 16-bit Windows-based applications |
No |
Yes |
|
| System completely
protected from errant 16-bit Windows-based and 32-bit Windows-based
applications |
No |
Yes |
|
| NTFS file system
provides complete protection of files on a stand-alone system
(files, folders, and applications can be made "invisible" to
specific users) |
No |
Yes |
|
| Has automatic recovery
from a system failure |
No |
Yes |
User Interface |
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|
Product
Feature |
Windows 95 |
Windows NT
Workstation |
| Windows User Interface |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Plug and Play
technology that lets you add hardware automatically and dynamically
reconfigure the system |
Yes |
Yes |
Connectivity |
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|
Product
Feature |
Windows 95 |
Windows NT
Workstation |
| LAN connectivity and
peer-to-peer networking, with all popular protocols including
TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, DLC and NetBEUI |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Open networking
architecture provides a choice of clients, transports, drivers and
extensibility for support of third party networking applications
|
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Remote Access
Services |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Windows Messaging Client providing e-mail and fax |
Yes |
Fax support delivered separately |
|
| Microsoft Network (MSNTM) client
software |
Yes |
Delivered separately |
|
Application and Data Protection |
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|
Product
Feature |
Windows 95 |
Windows NT
Workstation |
| Open system management
architecture provides infrastructure for third party system
management solutions |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Supports existing and
emerging system management standards (SNMP, DMI) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| System policies to
provide centralized control over desktop configuration |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| User profiles to
provide consistent configuration for roving users or different users
sharing a single system |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Remote monitoring of
system performance |
Yes |
Yes |
