# Microsoft eXtreme - Volume 4: Spring 1999

TAPE 4/5 The event starts off with a promotional launch ad for Hewlett-Packard's Vectra and Brio line of PCs for 1999, predominantly focused on the latter which launched that year. I don't have any experience with those line of machines, but I can say that the HP Pavilion 8720 I have used for roughly 7 years held up remarkably well for the shaky quality of parts it used. This episode is also heavily sponsored by HP. Demonstrated this time is a sneak preview of Windows 98 Second Edition, a second look at Office 2000, and a showcase of MapPoint 2000. Midtown Madness, Age of Empires II, and NFL 2000 are also the games played towards the end. Tom Bailey is now the host of the series, alongside Shawn Sanford. Starting with 98 SE, Internet Explorer 5 is demoed using the search assistant and its ability to cycle through various search engines to find the results they specifically want. The ability to keep a list of one's preferred engines is a surefire relic of the times, as most everyone these days regularly sticks to one search engine, or perhaps two or three if really necessary for thorough research. AutoComplete is another major thing touted here, as whatever you inputted previously will be indexed for use later on when typing in those characters again to return to something faster. This feature was already introduced in IE4, although it is used in more areas of the interface than before. Another cool thing is the radio toolbar used to listen to Internet radio stations while…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1999
- By: Microsoft Corporation
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/microsoftextreme-volume4spring1999)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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