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- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT??
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 01:27:51 GMT
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- steve.withers@ibm.net (Steve Withers) wrote:
- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT?? (alt.destroy.microsoft)
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- >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.
-
- ..I have been running the beta for 5mths, upgrade quite recently and I
- have found Win95 much nicer in multi-tasking than os/2. Warp is slow
- and grinds the HD.
-
- >If you want backward compatibility, stability *and* smooth pre-emptive
- >multitasking of both native and 'legacy' apps - you choose OS/2 Warp.
-
- Native Win95 programs (NT too) runn just as well as native apps under
- OS/2.
-
- >Six million people did last year - one million in December '95 alone.
-
- How many millions of win95 have been sold?
-
- >Without the preloads, Win95 didn't even come close. Upgraders are
- >going for OS/2.
-
- ummmm very few...me thinks they are regretting it now, as win95 is
- standard. Isnt it just great that Win95 can run, NT, Dos, 3.1x and
- win95 programs...hmmm good broad range.
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