phics, Accounting/Financial software, Web Tools, and Developer Tools. Dell Inspirin: This notebook PC can suite any environment, such as education or business wise. The Dell Inspirin comes with a Pentium or Pentium II processor, and ranges from 233 to 300 MHz. The Dell Inspirin can support the following software, Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Graphics, and Accounting software. Each computer hardware and software that has been purchased from Dell manufactures from January 1, 1997 to the present can withstand the Y2K bug. If purchased a Dell Computer prior to January 1, 1997, you must upgrade your Basic input/output System (BIOS) in your PC. Dell also manufactures BIOS upgrades so your Dell PC can be compliant with the Y2K bug.Y2K AnalysisDuring the past few years, there have been many discussions and concerns about the approach of the year 2000 and how it is going to affect many businesses. The company Dell Computers has been involved in analyzing their potential problems with the upcoming event and how it will affect their computerized systems; like their hardware and software applications. Dell has developed solutions designed to enable Dell branded hardware, under most scenarios, to provide accurate system clock dates to the operating system and software application programs.The Y2K ProblemThe main source of the problem is found in the Real Time Clock (RTC). The Real Time Clock is a chip located on the system board that maintains the date and time even when the system is off. The Real Time Clock system date can be set and retrieved using BIOS calls. Most Real Time Clocks are not designed to change the century portion of the date automatically. For example: a change in the year from 1900 to the next year only the last two digits change without affecting the first two digits. In other words, by the time we reach the millennium all Real Time Clocks within computerized systems will only change the 99 to 00. Therefore, it w...
