Software Suite

The Software Suite was introduced in April 1996 as a client–server software suite, with the server software running on OS/2

OS/2

OS/2 is a computer operating system, initially created by Microsoft and IBM, then later developed by IBM exclusively. The name stands for "Operating System/2," because it was introduced as part of the same generation change release as IBM's "Personal System/2 " line of second-generation personal...

, and the client software on Windows 3.1 and Windows 95

Windows 95

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...

. Meant to provide Internet access to K-12

K-12

K–12 is a designation for the sum of primary and secondary education. It is used in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand where P–12 is also commonly used...

 users, it included such things as a webbrowser, nanny software and other internet utilities, including a TCP/IP stack.

Starting with version 1.1, the server side was also supported on Windows NT

Windows NT

Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix. It was intended to complement...

. The software suite was withdrawn without replacement in January 2000.

Products:

• NetVista V1.0
• NetVista V1.1
• NetVista V2.0

Network Station

In April 2000 the IBM Network Station product line was renamed to IBM NetVista, as were the associated software tools. It was withdrawn in April 2002 with no replacement.

Hardware Products:

• NetVista N2200 (Cyrix MediaGX at 233 MHz, 32-288 MB RAM, CompactFlash, Ethernet, USB 1.1, VGA, Audio I/O)
• NetVista N2200e
• NetVista N2200l
• NetVista N2200w
• NetVista N2800
• NetVista N2800e
• NetVista N70 Thin Client

Software Products:

• NetVista Thin Client Manager V2R1

Appliance

This appliance is meant to allow internet access on a TV. It was not sold directly to end-users, but offered as an OEM

OEM

OEM means the original manufacturer of a component for a product, which may be resold by another company.OEM may also refer to:-Computing:* OEM font, or OEM-US, the original character set of the IBM PC, circa 1981...

 product to internet providers.

Hardware Products:

• NetVista Internet Appliance i30

Personal Computer

The IBM NetVista personal computer was the follow-on to the IBM PC Series

IBM PC Series

The IBM PC Series personal computer was the follow-on to the IBM PS/ValuePoint and IBM Personal System/2. Announced in October 1994 and withdrawn in October 2000, it was replaced by the IBM NetVista, apart from the Pentium Pro based PC360 and PC365, which were replaced by the IBM IntelliStation.-PC...

. It was announced in May 2000, and withdrawn in May 2004. It was replaced by the IBM ThinkCentre (now Lenovo ThinkCentre since 2005).

Products:

• A Series (all-in-one)
  • IBM NetVista A10
  • IBM NetVista A20
  • IBM NetVista A20i
  • IBM NetVista A21
  • IBM NetVista A21i
  • IBM NetVista A22
  • IBM NetVista A22p
  • IBM NetVista A30
  • IBM NetVista A30p
  • IBM NetVista A40
  • IBM NetVista A40i
  • IBM NetVista A40p
  • IBM NetVista A60
  • IBM NetVista A60i
• M Series (Manageability)
  • IBM NetVista M41
  • IBM NetVista M42
• S Series
  • IBM NetVista S40
  • IBM NetVista S40p
  • IBM NetVista S42
• X Series
  • IBM NetVista X40
  • IBM NetVista X40i
  • IBM NetVista X41

See also

• IBM PC Series
  IBM PC Series
  The IBM PC Series personal computer was the follow-on to the IBM PS/ValuePoint and IBM Personal System/2. Announced in October 1994 and withdrawn in October 2000, it was replaced by the IBM NetVista, apart from the Pentium Pro based PC360 and PC365, which were replaced by the IBM IntelliStation.-PC...
  
  
• IBM Aptiva
  IBM Aptiva
  The IBM Aptiva personal computer was introduced in September 1994 as the replacement for the IBM PS/1. The first Aptiva models were based on the Intel 80486 CPU with later models using the Pentium and AMD CPUs. All systems were developed in-house except for the later E series which was developed by...
  
  
• IBM/Lenovo ThinkCentre