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- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT??
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 17:49:58 GMT
- Organization: American Information Systems, Inc.
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- steve.withers@ibm.net (Steve Withers) wrote:
-
- >In article <4e8b8k$5ql@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, Stauf wrote:
- >>
- >.......
- >
- >>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...
- >
- >Perhaps among Microsoft's 'yester-tech' operating systems.
- >
- >If you want backward compatibility, stability *and* smooth pre-emptive
- >multitasking of both native and 'legacy' apps - you choose OS/2 Warp.
- >
- >Six million people did last year - one million in December '95 alone.
- >
- >Without the preloads, Win95 didn't even come close. Upgraders are
- >going for OS/2.
- >
- Well as a former user of OS/2 2.1 and warp, and a current user of
- Windows NT WS and Win 95 I would say that NT is by far the best OS I
- have used, Oh btw I am NOT on a network. As to your complaint that
- win nt uses 32bit code while 95 uses both 16 and 32, NT contains a
- 16bit subshell for 16bit progs so it runs anything (almost) that 95 or
- 3.1 can. NT is a far superior OS. I am dual booting 95 and NT, I
- find myself using NT more that 95. 95 does run the 16bit progs
- faster, but the 32 progs run faster on NT, also the remote access
- services load the web pages faster on NT.
- -Bill
-