Windows NT 3 – 4

Windows NT instead of Windows ME support arsitekrtur x86 (80 × 86), Intel IA64 and AMD64 (x64) and 32-Bit graphics. Windows NT was built on the development of the IBM OS / 2, and is widely used in computer networks. Windows NT also introduced NTFS File System better than FAT or FAT-32.

Windows NT 3.1 was released for Intel x86, DEC Alpha, and some platform that supports ARC (Advanced RISC Computing MIPS. While Windows 3:51 was launched to support the IBM computer PowerP especially for systems PReP like deskto or lapto IBM Power Series and series Motorol PowerStack. Although combining two technologies of the two companies, Windows NT 3.51 can not run on top of the Power Macintosh. Intergraph Corporatio then ported to the architecture of Intergraph Clipper his own and make porting Windows NT 3.51 to be able to walk on the architecture of SPAR (Sun Microsystems). Nonetheless , those products are not sold to the public as a retail product.

Windows NT 4.0 was released to support multiple platforms, but Microsoft only makes service packs and updates to the two variants (x86 and DEC Alph). In addition to the two variants of the service packs and updates made by a third party (Motorola, Intergraph, and others). Windows NT 4.0 is the release version of Windows NT that supports the DEC Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC. Microsoft also makes Windows 2000 for DEC Alpha until months Agustu 199. Because Windows NT Compaq stopped support for the architecture of the Microsoft stopped development of the AlphaNT project.