What aspects of theWindows XP architecture make the system modular and portable to different hardware? In what ways has Microsoft sacrificed modularity and portability for performance?
What will be an ideal response?
The HAL and microkernel permit Windows XP to be ported to different hardware
platforms because they abstract hardware specifics. Windows XP’s layers increase the system’s
modularity; for example, Windows XP supports several computing environments
through different environment subsystems. Windows XP sacrifices modularity by grouping
all executive components in one layer. For example, all executive components interact with
the object manager,making substantial changes to the object manager difficult.
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