ts make it easier for independent software vendors to write dependable code for Windows 2000. Reduced Reboot Scenarios: Microsoft has greatly reduced the number of operations requiring a system reboot in almost every category of OS functionality: file system maintenance, hardware installation and maintenance, networking and communications, memory management, software installation, and performance tuning (Increasing). NSTL collected uptime data in the real-world environment of several customer sites and concluded that the average system uptime between failures of Windows 2000 Professional is 13 times more than that of Windows 98 and three times more than that of Windows NT Workstation 4.0. The following graph shows results of the test. Another test conducted by ZD labs showed that over a 90 day period Windows 2000 Professional did not fail, while Windows 98 and Windows NT did. IT managers have stated unequivocally that Windows 2000 Professional provides far superior performance and reliability compared to Windows 95. The reported performance disparity between Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows NT Workstation and Windows 2000 Professional has not been as extreme as with Windows 95, but significant improvements do exist. A 300 percent increase in hardware support, significant improvements in hardware utilization and the long-awaited combination of stability and user friendliness for laptop systems are just a few examples ((2) Windows).Mobile UseWindows 2000 Professional is quickly becoming the operating system of choice by mobile users. One big reason is that this latest version of Windows includes a number of notebook-friendly features, including communications tools for dial-up networking. Windows 2000 Professional contains everything most users need. Adding third-party communications software increases cost and reduces consistency of setup, because different employees may use different types of software or ...