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- In article <3hm4uh$so@beta.inc.net> syndesis@beta.inc.net (John Foust) writes:
- >From: syndesis@beta.inc.net (John Foust)
- >Subject: Re: LW and OS/2 Warp?
- >Date: 12 Feb 1995 23:17:37 GMT
-
- >In article <132760@cup.portal.com>, Jeric@cup.portal.com (J Eric Chard) says:
-
- >> I stand corrected.
- >>
- >> <sigh> New mountains of jargon to master....
-
- >It's easy to remember. They're just subsets and super-sets:
-
- >regular Windows -> Win32s -> Win32 -> WinNT
-
- >Regular Windows 3.1, 3.11 and Windows for Workgroups can be upgraded
- >in the field by adding 1-2 megs of Win32s DLLs.
-
- >"Chicago" includes Win32 calls. Not all Win32 calls are in Win32s.
-
- >WinNT (any platform) has its own set of 32-bit functions beyond Win32.
- >Most of these are for the improved networking, security, etc. in WinNT.
-
- >Now, do you want to run WinNT or a souped-up regular Windows when you
- >buy LightWave?
-
- >I'd say, get WinNT, buy an extra 16 or 32 meg, and feel good about it.
- >Don't bother trying to run it under regular Windows.
-
- >You can run WinNT for weeks and weeks without rebooting. Under regular
- >Windows, one little misbehaving application can take everything down,
- >including that "one minute to go" 23 hour rendering.
-
- Why? I run Windows for weeks and weeks without having to reboot. I do so at
- my boring "regular" job and on my protable (I suspend Windows and restart
- directly to a "frozen" windows session). If a user is concerned about one
- little misbehaving application, just turn all other apps off before rendering.
- Not such a big deal.
-
- Don't get me wrong. Win NT may be superior for LW. But it is costlier. I
- just can't see dismissing it so quickly.
-
- Remember that Windows is typically used by an average Jane or Joe who does all
- sorts of stuff and may have limited troubleshooting experience. I believe a
- lot of the horror stories about Windows instability can be attributed to the
- HUGE amount of different software and hardware combinations out there. Win NT
- just hasn't been wrung out that well and neither has Warp.
-
- Driver support for hardware on an NT machine is limited right now as well.
- Does anyone know if a PAR will run under NT?
-
- There may be excellent reasons for going NT - I have a copy that I will try.
- I just don't think it is automatic that Windows should be dismissed as not
- capable.
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