IBM NetVista


NetVista is an umbrella name for a variety of products manufactured by IBM.

Software suite

The IBM NetVista Software Suite was introduced in April 1996 as a client–server software suite, with the server software running on OS/2, and the client software on Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. Meant to provide Internet access to K-12 users, it included such things as a web browser, 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. The software suite was withdrawn without replacement in January 2000.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. The NetVista computers were thin client systems. The line was withdrawn in April 2002 with no replacement.
Hardware products:
  • NetVista N2200
  • NetVista N2200e
  • NetVista N2200i
  • NetVista N2200w
  • NetVista N2800
  • NetVista N2800e
  • NetVista N70
Software products:
Hardware products:
  • NetVista Kiosk Model 120
  • NetVista Kiosk Model 150

    Appliance

This appliance is meant to allow internet access on a TV. It was not sold directly to end-users, but rather as an OEM product to internet providers.
Hardware products:
The IBM NetVista personal computer was the follow-on to the IBM PC Series. It was announced in May 2000 alongside the ThinkPad T and A series. The line was withdrawn in May 2004 and was replaced by the ThinkCentre.
Earlier NetVista models came in the typical white/beige cases of the 1990s much like the previous IBM PC Series and the related IBM Aptiva. Later NetVista models would change the color of the cases to black, starting with the NetVista A21 models in 2001 and then spreading out into other models in later years. These case designs used a similar color found in its contemporary ThinkPad models, and would last for a long time, being inherited by its successor, the ThinkCentre.
Products:
  • A Series
  • * 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
  • * 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 - designed by Richard Sapper

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