Windows 95 Or NT Essay, Research Paper

Windows 95 or NT

When one asks himself or another, Which Operating system will better fill

my needs as an operating system Windows 95 or Windows NT version 3.51. I will

look at both operating systems and compare the qualities of each one in price,

performance, stability and ease of use. The final results will give one a clear

view to the superior operating system for years to come.

As one already knows, that if you keep up with the computer industry,

that Microsoft Windows has been around for a long time. The Majority of all PC

users use some type of windows for their working environment. Microsoft has

spent a great deal of time trying to make the supreme operating system. In doing

so they have created two of the most debated systems available to the general

public in this day and age. However, in doing so each one of these operating

systems has there good side and there bad side.

Windows NT 3.51 was originally created for business use, but has ended

up being more widely available for the average PC user in ones home. Windows 95

was developed for the sole purpose as an alternative to Windows NT. But has

ended up in the work place more then the home. Windows 95 carries an average

price of ninety-five dollars in stores. Which makes it an expensive system

worth the money. On the other hand Windows NT 3.51 carries a price tag of

three-hundred and forty nine dollars. Making this software very expensive but

also worth every penny.

Windows 95 is much easier to use then Windows NT. It was designed to

make the PC user have more of an easier time navigating through its complex

tasks. This is one of the main reasons why people would rather buy the more

less expensive operating system. Rather then the more expensive system Windows

NT. Another one the reasons that Windows 95 is more popular is for its simple

graphic user interface otherwise known as the GUI. Windows also carries a

option that Windows NT does not carry. That option is called PnP or Plug and

Play, This is where the operating system will install the hardware and new

hardware that could be added at a later date in time, Windows NT does not carry

this very useful feature. If one has ever tried to install a new peripheral to

ones computer it can be a headache alone trying to decipher the instruction

manual that comes along with the device. Windows 95 will do this on its own,

one of the downfalls to it is the fact that it can be only a device that is less

then six to eight months old and carries the PnP logo.

Windows NT 3.51 was developed more for business application (ex.

Database, Spreadsheets, word processing and programming.) In the long run

though Windows NT is less susceptible to system crashes. Windows NT does not

carry the same Graphic User Interface as does Windows 95. It carries more of a

look of Windows 3.x, So it is a little more difficult to navigate around.

Windows NT does however have the ability to Multitask ( meaning to have more

then one application open at a time). Windows 95 does carries the ability to

Multitask but loses a great deal of system performance in doing so. Windows NT

is the best operating system that comes pre-loaded with level two government

encryption standards. Windows NT was designed also to be used in a network,

Windows 95 was designed to for a network, however Windows NT does a much better

job of handling a network environment.

Conclusion

In the race for the best operating system Microsoft for sure is the

leader in the Personal computer industry. Microsoft has proven that it can meet

anyone’s needs by releasing to different Operating systems. Each one of them

having there own benefits, so when it comes down to deciding which level of

computing to accomplish. One has to decide what kind of computing one will be

doing, how much money does one want to invest in their software and would one be

ready to take the leap into the future and upgrade