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- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT?? (Re: I will NEVER buy Windows 95 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-( Who really gives a shit what you buy
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 16:31:55 GMT
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- tomster@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Thomas Richard Dibble) wrote:
-
- >>>>>> "SIEGFRIED" == "SIEGFRIED A HOERMANN II" <shoermann@sirus.com> writes:
- > SIEGFRIED> heck yea; its the finest OS I've seen in a long time. I've
- > SIEGFRIED> been running it for over a year, I will stand behind it 100%
- > SIEGFRIED> but I just wish it was more hardware compatable.
-
- >Point one.
-
- > SIEGFRIED>
- > SIEGFRIED> I THINK THAT MICROSOFT DID A REAL....POOR JOB OF PROMOTING IT.
- > SIEGFRIED> AND SUPPORTING IT.
- > SIEGFRIED>
- > SIEGFRIED> and to come out with a bastardized NT and call it WIN 95 why
- > SIEGFRIED> not have people make leap to NT instead of having them jump
- > SIEGFRIED> through hoops, just to have them do it again when MS wind up at
- > SIEGFRIED> NT eventually.
- > SIEGFRIED>
- > SIEGFRIED> face it all roads lead to NT
-
- >Win 95 is a "stepping stone" to NT. Leaping to NT is, quite literally, a
- >leap. Hardware may or may not work. Software may or may not work.
-
- >Stepping to Win 95 is relatively easy. Some hardware doesn't work, other
- >hardware works, but not perfectly (giving you a chance to upgrade). Same
- >with software. And since more people are using 95 than would be using NT,
- >hard/software developers tend to make sure their product runs on both OS's.
-
- >Thus, a few years down the road, tha "leap" to NT has become nothing more
- >than another small step. The overall process, while taking more time than
- >a sudden changeover, is far less painful.
-
- >Now, on the other hand, you can reap some early benifits by jumping to NT
- >right now. The developer base has already been set up by Win 95. As long
- >as your hardware and software runs on NT, you can switch over and know that
- >most likely any new software or hardware you get will likewise run well on
- >your OS.
-
- > ---- Tom Dibble
-
- This whole thing is stupid!!! Win95 is not a "stepping Stone to NT"!!!
- It is WAY PAST it!!! I don't see how anyone that is not on a network
- can buy NT... That is really stupid!!! Win NT was optimizes for
- Networks ONLY!!! NOT FOR ANY PCs NOT ON A NETWORK!!!
- Almost no software runs on NT since it uses 32-bit code. Win 95 is
- very compatible with all programs since it is a 32-bit OS with 16-bit
- Code!! For any PC not on a network there is no competition between NT
- and 95!!! Windows 95 is the obvious choice...
-
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