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- From: timbol@netcom.com (Mike Timbol)
- Subject: Re: OS/2 bigot meets NT....
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.081642.23754@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Dec24.035348.26595@actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 08:16:42 GMT
- Lines: 55
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- In article <1992Dec24.035348.26595@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- >A co-worker of mine in Auckland has sent me his NT-bearing hard disk to play
- >with over Xmas.
-
- You just plugged in the hard disk and want it to work right!? I hope
- your system is *EXACTLY* the same as his!
-
- >I am writing this from the NT Terminal program. I have beening using the
- >system for about 20 minutes and it has crashed and burned twice in that time.
- >The first time I was closing the Control Panel (having modified nothing) and
- >had changed nothing.
-
- ...Obviously, it's not.
-
- >The swap file is 27 megabytes and can eat up to a maximum of 77 megs. I am
- >running it on a 486DX/25. After NT and the swap file, I have 35 megs free on
- >the 125 meg drive. I have 8 megs of 70ns RAM and the system runs very much
- >like OS/2 on 4 megs with no HPFS.
-
- NT, by itself, takes up about 35MB. 35 (NT) + 27 (swap) + 35 (free) is
- not equal to 135. You must be including the SDK in your calculation.
-
- If the beta you tried had worked as well in its targetted minimum
- configuration as a finished system (OS/2) does, I would be surprised.
- After all, NT has not been optimized in terms of its memory usage.
-
- >The second crash occurred when I tried to open the Disk Manager: the system
- >locked solid and I had to hit the reset button.
- >
- >That was in the first 10 minutes.
- >
- >So far......I miss the WPS. If you like Win3.1...then obviously you will feel
- >right at home on NT......but I never did like the Win3.1 interface.
- >
- >I don't hink I am in any danger whatever of becoming an NT bigot based on what
- >I have seen so far. Having gone from the OS/2 2.1 beta to the NT
- >beta.....there is no real comparison.
-
- You are using the October beta, right? Try reinstalling it for your
- machine. Or use it on a machine where it has been installed correctly.
- Or, for comparison, take your OS/2 hard drive, plug it into some other
- machine, and try using it. Or, just make another comparison later.
-
- >Being an OS/2 bigot, NT would have to the *best* thing since sliced bread to
- >lure me away......and right now it looks like a bag of flour. the bread is a
- >long way off by the look of things.
-
- Although it is a long way off, it wouldn't seem quite so far if you
- gave it a fair evaluation.
-
- >Bye from NT! I want to get my OS/2 drive plugged back in.
- >
- >Steve
-
- - Mike
-