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- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT??
- Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1996 00:37:41 GMT
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- >>>>>>.......
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>>>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...
- >>>>>>
-
- Wrong. NT doesnt have all that cutesey shit that gets in the way.
- Yes, it does have some spiffy networking features, but none of which
- hinder the performance of NT's use as a single workstation. NT will
- also run 16 bit apps if necessary. In essence, there is actually more
- 32 bit code in NT than there is in 95. The reason microshit did this
- is because they figured all the smart people wouldnt even use 95; I.E.
- 95 is a boblike product designed to lure away the macos retard market;
- but in this respect it does so poorly. I think they should just trash
- it and make a Hybrid of NT + Win 3.11. Something thats SIMPLE and
- POWERFUL unlike 95 which is one big hunk of bloated code that performs
- like a cross between a shitty macos session on an LC II to a few
- shining moments here and there (which are far and few between.)
- Christ, if these fools are going to keep making shit OS's then I might
- well just install DOS/Win 3.11/Unix/Xwindows and just forget about the
- rest of that shit.
-
- >>Well I am running WinZip 5.6 for WINDOWS NT, that is where I get my basis from,
- >>wether this is a Windows NT native app or not, I don't know, but that's what it
- >>
- >>said on the box, and it's running in Win-OS/2.
- >>
- >>
- >>OS/2 can run more DOS and Windows 16 bit programs that Windows 95 can, and
- >>that is a fact.
- >>
- >>gator@atcon.com
- >>Team OS/2 N.S.
- >>Canada
- >>
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- So? I have win 3.11 and I can run Winzip/NT. It uses win32s quite
- well. But alas, you are right on the painful truth that win95 has
- "less than optimal" backward emulation.
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