
ABOUTMICROSOFTWINDOWSCE
MicrosoftWindowsCEoperatingsystemwasinitiallydevelopedbyMicrosofttorunsmallpersonal
computingdevices,(PDAsetc).
BecausePDAsandpersonalcomputingdevicesrequireminimalresources,theWindowsCEoperatingsystem
wasdevelopedforefficiency,requiringlessprocessingpowerandverylittleRAMmemory.
WindowsCEisagreatoperatingsystemforNetbookswheretheprimaryfunctionistoaccesstheinternet
andsurftheWeb.
Becauseofitsefficienciesitmaystrugglewhendealingwithresourceintensiveprogramsandapplications.
Somelimitationsusersmayexperienceare:
*DifficultyopeninglargePDFfiles.(Inthiscase,usercansimply"save"thefiletotheharddrive,thenopen).
*Whenreading&replyingtoemailviaremoteaccess,usermayneedtouse“Plaintext”mailingfunction
*Printerhook‐up.WindowsCEwasdesignedforportableunits,sotheprogrammingwillonlyworkwith
portableprinters.Netbookuserscansimplytransferoremaildocumentstoanothercomputerforprinting.
*Downloading.WindowsCEwon'tbeabletoacceptalldownloads.Somearejusttoolarge.Pleasecheck
allsoftwareminimumrequirementsbeforedownload.