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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: <1992Nov17.171258.21677@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Keywords: NT
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <1992Nov14.162124.26309@utkux1.utk.edu> <1992Nov16.142635.19937@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <1992Nov16.182353.24149@sequent.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:12:58 GMT
- Lines: 30
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- In <1992Nov16.182353.24149@sequent.com> iceman@sequent.com (Ian Evans) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov16.142635.19937@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- >>In <1992Nov14.162124.26309@utkux1.utk.edu> harp@martha.utcc.utk.edu (harp) writes:
- >>
- >>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.
- >>
- >>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.
-
- >The beta version that is shipping contains BOTH 3.5" diskettes AND
- >a CD ROM. There is NO documnentation on the CD ROM. The only docs
- >that come with it are a system guide and release notes.
-
- I suspect we are talking about different things. The $69 is for the
- 'developer kit', which ONLY comes on CD-ROM (with a boot disk) and
- most certainly DOES have the documentation on CD-ROM (only). It also,
- so far as I understand, includes all the Betas and the first 'real'
- release.
-
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