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Actually, Windows NT 3.5, which was the first major upgrade from the
original 3.1 release, was the first decent Windows OS released by Microsoft.
Microsoft continued to peddle the brain-dead, mixed 16/32 bit Windows series
(Win 95, Win 98, and Win Me) of products to the consumer market for years.
Unfortunately, it was the consumer who had great need for a stable OS. Win
2000 Pro is NT 5.0. Windows XP is NT 6.0 split into consumer and
professional editions with a bunch of other crap thrown in, including some
"big brother" code so Microsoft can monitor what you install and how you
use it. I purchased my own full NT licenses years ago. I routinely wipe
repartition and reformat the hard drive on purchased machines and install my
own OS. I will stick with W2000 Pro until obsolete.
Run of the mill desktop and laptop machines are plenty fast for all but
scientific work and I would not pay up for anything faster with possible
exception of video card with own memory. 512 meg of memory, is however,
necessary for anyone running today's bloated software.
Earl
----- Original Message -----
From: "BobsKC" <bobskc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [RT] Interesting info about XP
> I haven't gone to the link but I know that Win 2000 Pro is the first
> windows system that I feel is actually a decent OS. It's based on NT
> technology and it is nearly crash free and reliable. As to hardware, I
> find an excuse to buy new machines every two years. I buy all my machines
> without operating systems and load my own. (I run linux on some
> boxes). Today, you need a processor in the 2ghz range, at least 256mb
mem,
> a video card with *its own memory* and plenty of it, an ethernet card and
a
> few other enhancements. Boxes are cheap as hell ... memory is nearly free
> and 1gb wouldn't be too much if your mother board will handle it. Old
> people can have advantages but old computers, (2 years) are a real
> problem. They got cheap but they get outdated fast ref new programs and
> systems.
>
> Bob
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