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- Subject: Re: NT or 95?
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 01:55:49 GMT
- Organization: Red Beans and Rice
- Message-ID: <316db815.19200167@news.alt.net>
- References: <3161C78E.478D@hydro.on.ca> <4kc4lk$m8@news.wco.com> <4kfsnu$7s3@hp01.redwood.nl> <316C4EC8.400E@emi.net> <NEWTNews.829247679.2005.mattn@mattn.bandley1.netmanage.com>
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- On Thu, 11 Apr 96 11:33:32, mattn@engdns.bandley1.netmanage.com wrote:
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- >
- >In Article<316C4EC8.400E@emi.net>, <orlo@emi.net> writes:
- >>
- >> Fidelio wrote:
- >> >
- >> > LewM@PacX.Com (Lewis Mettler) writes:
- >> >
- >> > >Lisa Wang <lisa.wang@hydro.on.ca> wrote:
- >> >
- >> > >If you want to go slow use NT.
- >> >
- >> > >If you want unreliable operation use 95.
- >> >
- >> > >If you rather go fast and be reliable you will have to use OS/2.
- >> >
- >> > Fast and reliable, that sounds like Linux to me. Going fast until it
- >> > suddenly crashes, with no applications to run, not supporting the most
- >> > common hardware, that's OS/2.
- >> >
- >>
- >> But, the question is...Can I load Win NT in a Win 95 directory? Will both
- >> OS's be operational on my HD?
- If you already have 95 installed then NT will install a boot manager
- and give you a choice of what OS to boot into. NT is solid but slow I
- have 32meg EDO ram on a P100 and see a real slow down over 95, however
- I still prefer to run anything that will run under NT with NT because
- it is stable.
-