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- From: soh3@quads.uchicago.edu (min-woong sohn)
- Subject: Re: NT Destined to Succeed??
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.234912.7841@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1993Jan04.184825.3260@microsoft.com> <1993Jan5.040741.27996@midway.uchicago.edu> <1993Jan05.075016.28032@microsoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:49:12 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan05.075016.28032@microsoft.com> philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan5.040741.27996@midway.uchicago.edu> soh3@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan04.184825.3260@microsoft.com> philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
- >>
- >>I don't remember Steve trying to make any sweeping statements about
- >>NT. Part of what he said was with slightly less than 8 megs of memory,
- >>NT refused to boot and with 8 megs he managed to boot up NT but its
- >>performance was too bad. I don't find any FUD in these lines. Because
- >>his observations were so in direct contradiction to some of the posts
- >>from NT advocates including Brian Sturgill, I found his experiment
- >>very interesting. It was not definitely a FUD. Is reporting personal
- >>experiences spreading FUD?
- >
- > Steve made several statements such as (paraphrased, as the
- >originals have expired - Steve can correct me if he objects to
- >this portrayal) "NT just doesn't run in 8 megs." This is a
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Why is it so much troublesome for you? This statement is an
- overgeneralization from a personal experience, and within a proper
- context it might not sound as blatant as might sound out of context.
- If his own personal experience was such that NT didn't run with
- 8 megs of memory, the above statement is not *false* and certainly
- not *blatantly false* as you think.
-
- >blatantly false statement - I was very surprised to see Steve
- >say it, as he usually strikes me as one of the more rational
- >people on this newsgroup.
- >
- >
- >>>>You refuse to believe anything bad about NT and ignore it. Then, since all
- >>>>the bad things have been ruled out of order.....NT must be great!
- >>>
- >>> Let me say this: My own personal experiences with Windows NT
- >>>are in direct conflict with the reports that you've published here.
- >>>I've been running it for months with no major problems.
- >>
- >>Tell us about your configuration and let's see what's the difference.
- >>I hope it has more than 16 megs of memory:)
- >
- > I'm doing development on a Compaq 486/33 with 12MB of memory -
- >I've been using this system fairly heavily on a daily basis for
- >almost four months now, and I've crashed it once. I also run
- >it less frequently on a Northgate 386/33 with 12MB. I've seen
- >it run in 8MB, but don't have direct experience with that
- >configuration.
- >
- > -Phil
- >
-
- Hey, you only have personal experience with a system with 12 megs of
- memory and you'are calling Steve liar????
-
- Is NT really bootin up on 8 meg systems? Is there anybody who has
- personal experience with this?
-
- Min
-
-