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- From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Subject: Re: OS/2 bigot meets NT....
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 20:06:25 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.200625.4977@actrix.gen.nz>
- References: <1992Dec24.035348.26595@actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec24.033418.28702@wam.umd.edu>
- Sender: Steve.Withers@actrix.gen.nz (Steve Withers)
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- In article <1992Dec24.033418.28702@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec24.035348.26595@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
- > >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.
- >
- >
- > As it should. 8 megs is the NT minimum.
- >
- > Plus, you *should expect crashes*. Installing any OS,
- > NT or OS/2, is not the same as just plugging in an HD
- > with the os installed. It must be configured for your hardware
- > and your motherboard.
-
- The guy in Auckland is using the same computer I am using - same motherboard,
- same I/O adapter (brand names).....
-
- Also, he installed it with 8 megs of RAM....then added 8 more later.
-
- >
- > I should tell you some of what you get when moving
- > OS/2 by backing up to tape.
-
- Moving the hard disk to another machine with standard components should cause
- no trouble. I can understand going from IDE to SCSI would cause havoc, but in
- this case, the motherboards are the same, the video card is the same, the I/O
- adaptor is the same, the floppies are the same, the hard disk is the *very*
- same one.
-
- > >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.
- >
- > Add 8 more megs and reinstall the system from scratch, then
- > repost. As it stands, you're FUDding.
-
- I am getting 4 x 4meg simms on Tuesday. As for the FUD....I am relating what
- happened when I used NT. If it weren't true.....that might be FUD. The fact
- is, the system needs 16megs of RAM and eats up 90megs of hard disk....whatever
- machine you install it on.....
-
- My main criticisms are the size and the interface. The fact that it crashed on
- an average of every 7 minutes was just adding sport to the exercise. There
- were 5 of us standing there playing with it and we had a rgeat time opening
- Windows wondering if this was the *the* one that would knock NT over......
-
- This is advocacy. I *said* I was an OS/2 bigot! My posts on NT after an hour
- or 90 minutes use are tongue in cheek anyway.
-
- Don't be so defensive!
-
- Have a Merry Xmas!
-
- Steve
- --
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