Windows NT 6.0 was the term Microsoft used to describe the successor of Windows 2000 in 1997, during the latter's development as NT 5.0.
Features
In September 1997, Jim Allchin announced during the Professional Developers Conference the following:
- First full 64-bit version of NT
- Will ship on Intel and Digital Alphas
- "Simplicity"
- Distributed computing
- More intuitive, information rich, maintenance free
- Seamless communication features ("No networking!" Allchin declared) along with a speech interface.[1]
References
- ↑ Thurrott, Paul (22 September 1997). Windows NT 5 details emerge. IT Pro Today. Retrieved on 18 November 2023.