Microsoft had written a Nvidia compiler into Visual Studio and the Microsoft operating system has proven popular for GPU developers.
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Dreamcast will also ship with a Microsoft operating system: Windows CE.
For those who prefer the open source route, installing a Linux distribution (like Ubuntu, SUSE, or Mint) alongside a Microsoft operating system or even standalone on a Windows PC has been fairly painless.
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With many companies still making the transition to Windows 7 and many consumers happy enough with the current Microsoft operating system, it may be difficult for Windows 8 to make a big splash, even with the overhauled UI.
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The antitrust concern apparently surrounds the conditions of Microsoft's Corel investment, and whether or not Microsoft bullied Corel to drop its Linux-based applications, because the Linux operating system competes with Microsoft's Windows operating system.
PCs and the latest Microsoft operating-system software handle four-digit dates perfectly well.
In a contractual masterstroke, Microsoft was allowed to licence the operating system to other manufacturers, spawning an industry of "IBM-compatible" personal computers which depended on Microsoft's operating system.
Both phones are based on the new Microsoft Windows 8 operating system software.
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LUmia is also based on the Microsoft Windows 8 operating system which is just coming to market.
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So what do the guys who build computers around Microsoft's operating system say?
The release will mark the first major update of Microsoft's operating system since Windows 7 was released three years ago.
Intel has never had the best processor, Microsoft the best operating system or Dell the best PC, yet each has triumphed.
CE, Microsoft's operating system for devices, has met with a generally lukewarm reception, while Symbian threatens to damage its prospects further.
Separately, EU regulators said they did not have any reason to open an investigation into Microsoft's operating system for its tablets.
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Oh, and why does Yang put his money in Microsoft if he won't even rely on Microsoft's operating system to power Yahoo!'
Nokia has been turning around slowly after its gutsy decision to abandon its in-house smartphone platform and support Microsoft Office Phone operating system.
And those cheap boxes increasingly rival more expensive Sun servers and IBM mainframes with each new version of Microsoft's operating system or Linux clustering software.
The line includes tablets and laptops, but with a focus on mobile, the event could include the launch of a new smartphone running Microsoft's operating system.
Interestingly, Microsoft (MSFT) stock has not seen strong money inflows along with Nokia even though Nokia Lumia phones are based on Microsoft Windows Phone operating system.
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And that's even without the benefit of the billions worth of costs Microsoft's online services business shares with money-spewing divisions built around Microsoft's operating system and business software.
That takes time to happen many still see Microsoft as an operating system and one product only company but it can be powerful when it does happen.
"In part that's testament to the level of influence that you have when you reach millions and millions of desktops" through ownership of the Microsoft Windows PC operating system, says Knook.
The PC is Microsoft's operating system, Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) chips and a bunch of stuff from nameless factories in Taiwan, all hung together.
NT, Microsoft's operating system for workstations and corporate-network servers.
Compared with Microsoft's operating system, Linux still has drawbacks.
The Microsoft Windows 8 operating system will bring the Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs, the basis of storage device-based encryption security as well as additional security features) to wider use for enterprise applications.
In the area of personal companions, vendors such as Compaq were slower to roll out models than expected, as they struggled with issues related to Windows CE, Microsoft's operating system for handhelds.
One reason no one has been able to unseat Microsoft from desktop operating system dominance is that no one has offered a fundamentally different product that actually changes some of these longstanding issues.
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Back in 2004, the commission fined Microsoft and forced it to offer a version of its Windows operating system without Microsoft's own media player.
All Inspiron laptops announced today will offer options with Intel's new 3rd Generation Core i processors (Ivy Bridge), Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium operating system, and will be eligible for the Microsoft Windows 8 upgrade program.
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