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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Is Windows NT worth the trouble?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.142635.19937@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Keywords: NT
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Nov14.162124.26309@utkux1.utk.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:26:35 GMT
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- In <1992Nov14.162124.26309@utkux1.utk.edu> harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp) writes:
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-
- >Recently I have been reading articles on Windows NT and most say that this
- >will be the best thing since sliced bread. I have also been considering
- >Microsoft's offer for the NT beta at $69 because when the final release
- >ships they will send you that for free (I guess NT will retail somewhere
- >around $200 from what I have heard).
-
- One hears retail prices for NT that range anywhere from $200-$500.
- Personally, I expect that if you don't have something to upgrade from
- (Windows or Windows for Workgroups), NT will price out retail
- somewhere toward the top of that range.
-
- >They say that the beta requires 12MB of ram and likes 16MB. Right now I
- >only have 8. I have been thinking for the past several months of making
- >the jump to 16 anyway. Is NT a good enough reason to go ahead and do it?
-
- MS has been saying that they will get the release version of NT down
- to where it will run well in 8 MB. I have to question this, given the
- hardware requirements they list for Windows for Workgroups, which is a
- subset of NT functionality (8 MB memory).
-
- NT may someday be worth the cost of updating your machine, but right
- now I would say not. Of course, that doesn't mean you shouldn't buy
- the CD anyway, since it is pretty cheap. Of course, you'll also need
- a CD drive if you intend to load it.
-
- Once again personally, I expect that the first version of NT (the one
- you get free at the end of the Beta program) will also be a CD version
- (no documentation, except online), won't ship until mid-93 or so, and
- may be missing some of the functionality people are expecting it to
- have. I guess we'll see.
-
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