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Re: Windows 2000
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:49:27 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Rui Manuel Silva Martins writes:
You probably have a bad configuration on your Win95/98, possibly bad/slow/old
drivers, try to updated them.

The only advantage that you could have with NT is if you have more than one
CPU.  Since Win95/98 can't (don't now how to) use more than one CPU.

Ok.  I'm running a PII 400 with 256mb ram, 12gb HD.  I want 2000 cause of
networking stuff and forced login when I get to college as well.  NT doesn't
support USB, which I need, and it also doesn't support a couple of other
things (I forget which though, but did talk about it recently).

And Linux is far better of course ! ;)

If I wasn't so entrenched in Windows, or if I had a bigger HD to partition
out, I would try Linux.  But...right now I don't have the time to mess with a
new OS.

-Tim



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  Re: Windows 2000
 
(...) A Bigger Hard Drive ? You have 12 Gig ! Linux Only requires about 128 Megs for system and programs (depending on which ones you will install) plus some extra 128 Megs (Maximum) of swap partition, but since you have 256 Megs of Ram, you can (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: Windows 2000
 
(...) You probably have a bad configuration on your Win95/98, possibly bad/slow/old drivers, try to updated them. The only advantage that you could have with NT is if you have more than one CPU. Since Win95/98 can't (don't now how to) use more than (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)

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