“Microsoft Corp. today announced that early next year it will
ship a ‘professional’ version of its Windows-based Terminal line of
thin-client software.
The professional version, which will be based on Windows NT
4.0 Embedded, is a leaner version of the company’s network
operating system and runs on only 12M bytes of memory.
Windows-based terminals are intended for single-task workers
and niche applications such as retail cash registers. Current
versions of the terminals run on Windows CE, which has more limited
functionality than Windows NT. The NT-based terminals will run
streaming media and a full version of Internet Explorer 5.0…”