“Despite assurances from Microsoft that Windows 2000 will
perform adequately on existing computers, chipmaker Intel is
stating that many will need to upgrade their PCs.
Microsoft’s new operating system for businesses will require
computers with processors that are 150-MHz to 250-MHz faster than
those that ran Windows NT or Windows 98 to deliver the same level
of performance, Intel executives said at the Intel Developer
Forum here.”
“Intel and Microsoft are generally in accord on such matters.
… But the two have publicly disagreed before, and have gone
separate ways on occasion to expand their various business
interests. For example, Intel has bankrolled companies that sell
the Linux operating system, which directly competes with
Microsoft’s Windows operating system.”
