the start menu. the taskbar.
the hard drive.
the shell provides the desk top
The shell of the Operating System (OS).
Shell
shell, kernel
Kernel, User, and GDI.
There are actually four major architectural components of Microsoft Windows. These are Windows kernel, core processes, system startup, and the graphical subsystem.
Windows NT
Windows NT
Things
For Servers the graphical desktop is not installed automatically; it has to be explicitly added after the Server software/OS has been installed. For Windows, a special stripped down version is known as Server Core. For Server 2008 Server Core cannot have a graphical desktop but for Server 2012 you can add it later.
A Core i7 is not a laptop it is the processor inside a laptop or desktop. It is targeted at business and high-end computers both desktop and laptop.
The socket type that is required for the Intel Core i7 9xx desktop series is the LGA1366 socket.
An Apple desktop computer is loaded with built in apps including iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand. Pages, Numbers, and Keynote is built in to complete spreadsheets and documents. The Apple desktop also includes Intel Core processors with fast graphics and storage through iCloud.
Windows 7 is capable of running on any x86 or x86-64 compatible processor that runs at at least 1 GHz. This includes late-model Pentium IIIs, Pentium 4s, Core, Core 2, Pentium Dual-Core, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, Xeon, Athlon XP, Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2, Phenom, Turion, and Opteron processors.
Xeon is for servers with server-motherboards Quad core is for desktop computers