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- From: chiu@ucsee.berkeley.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Speaking of Window NT
- Date: 29 Aug 1992 02:37:25 GMT
- Organization: University of California Society of Electrical Engineers (UCSEE)
- Lines: 16
- Message-ID: <17mnt5INNdki@agate.berkeley.edu>
- References: <sqo1PB1w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> <1992Aug26.003525.8542@sunb10.cs.uiuc.edu> <1992Aug27.113905.19790@actrix.gen.nz>
- Reply-To: chiu@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU
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- Summary: SLOW as HELL
- Keywords: Microsoft, Window_NT, SLOW
- Originator: chiu@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU
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- In article <1992Aug27.113905.19790@actrix.gen.nz> Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
-
- >MAC users will love that! I don't know a single MAC user who would give up
- >their GUI for the Win3.x program manager.......
-
- Assuming that Window NT will sport the same interface as Window 3.1, I'm not
- thrilled (been a both Mac and PC user)
-
- >If NT had the WPS, I might think about it - all other things being equal (
- >don't have the dough for a 64-bit computer....not yet, anyway).
-
- According to a friend who's running Window NT beta, it is slow as hell...
- (he equated it to Window 3.1 running on 286 with 1MB of RAM) And mind you,
- he's running Window NT on a 486DX-50 with 32 MB RAM and 1.2 GIG HD...
-
- >Steve
-