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- From: tl14@bton.ac.uk (Eddie)
- Subject: Re: PowerAmiga & NT
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- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 16:05:34 GMT
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- Perry Mowbray (perrym@amioz.apana.org.au) wrote:
- : I know this has probably been discussed before but I would like to see some
- : concise comments on the following:
- OK - but this is how I see it!
-
- : Will the new PowerAmiga be able to run WindowsNT?
- Yes.
- : ------------------------------------------------
- : I have heard it said that Windows95 is to be considered as a stepping stone
- : to NT; that NT is not too bad an OS; that with the monopoly of the OS scene
- : by Microsoft that major software house will be migrating to NT (eg OS/2
- : being discontinued!)??
-
- Windows 95 is just a poor software hack. I've not used NT either, but it is
- *supposed* to be better. It is programmed by M$ though, so I have my doubts!
- I can really see the M$ monopoloy slipping with the advent of the PPCP. No
- one is going to use an operating system that needs >= 16meg to run, when they
- can use something that needs drastically less (ie AmigaOS < 2Meg)
-
- : If the PA can, will it be in a window (like shapeshifter)?
- I doubt it.
- : ---------------------------------------------------------
- : Please excuse me if this is a dumb question. I've heard the NT handles
- : multiple OS's quite well, but I'm unsure how this fits together on one
- : machine?
-
- The most likely alternative would be a task switching environment where you
- press a few keys and you magically jump to your new OS. Then again, it is
- possible. I might just use NT if I can run it from inside AmigaOS!
-
- : Is it realistic to think that if the PA will run NT _and_ native Amiga
- : software, that Amiga's will work their way into the professional realm
- : again?
-
- Yes, I don't see why not. Current software will likely be slower however due
- to emulation overheads - not something you'll notice much with AmigaOS
- compliant applications though!
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- * Tim Lewis (a.k.a Eddie) * "You think I'm crazy! *
- * * You wouldn't know what crazy was *
- * T.Lewis@bton.ac.uk * if Charles Manson was sitting on *
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