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"RMS" <rsavoie1@Kiss.my.grits.spammer.home.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for your opinion. Since I think you are totally wrong about
virtually
> everything, I'll let everybody know how it really works (IMNSHO).
>
> I have 3 systems, Athlon 800Mhz, PIII 550Mhz, and a K6-2 400Mhz (Enough of
> that.). I have been actually working in computer maintenance/network admin
> at a site that has 1200 clients for several years now (No MSCE,  ABCD, or
> anything else like that.).
>
> Facts:
> 1) Dual processor systems are for systems that run multiple applications
at
> the same time, anything else is a waste of CPU processing power. (The
> exception of course is high end servers with OS's that have real
symetrical
> processing, at the kernel level, like Solaris or IBM AIX.
> 2) Win NT is a joke of an OS compared to any Unix OS (Just ask a real
> administrator.) unless your main goal is to have everything automated and
> "who cares about performance".
> 3) Win NT is a joke of an OS compared to Win 98 for playing games (This
may
> be changing with Directx 8.0).
> 4) Hayes modem - Not,
>  Netgear NIC - Not,
>  Intel PIII CPU - Not,

Hmm, let me see, what would i rather have, a motherboard with 2 PIII intel
chips, stablilty and the use of A geforce 2 ultra with no agro, or a
slightly faster chip with all the hassle of shitty no support motherboards
and incompatibilities with the Geforce chipsset

>  Creative DVD - Not !

Creative make the best in PC hardware decoders ive ever seen, no loss of
picture quality from interference, crisp, clear quality, and the Optical DTS
5.1 output is a must

> 5) USR modem - Yes,

WHy? i didtched my USR for the Hayes, i get higher connection rates, less
packet loss and far better all-round performance

>  3Com NIC - Yes,

Nope, Ill stick with netgear (Coz i get it free, Hubs and all)

>  AMD Athlon CPU, - Yes

Instablilty and low support from Motherboard manufactuers, YES

>  Pioneer DVD - Yes !

Thats what i have, I SAID CREATIVE DVD DECODER...(REGION FREE, TV OUTPU, DTS
5.1 Optical OUTPUT)

>
> Maybe if you had purchased the right hardware instead of taking what came
in
> the pre-assembled "box", you would have been able to run Win98. Maybe if
you
> hadn't wasted your cash on the 2 Intel PIII 550's, you could have had a
> totally stable Athlon 900Mhz for the same price. I understand that you
> wasted your bucks on that SMP because you wanted to be the coolest guy
> around, and now you have to use NT so it won't appear that your wasting
your
> SMP money, but just live with it. Just out of curiostity, how long did you
> have the dual PIII system before you were told by a friend that Win98 does
> not do SMP?
>
> Last note: If the best you can achieve is "crash less", you slouldn't be
> throwing your opinions around.
>
> So long to another Wintel clone, Rick





I Built all my systems myself, and I built the Dual system specifiacally for
NT4.0...win2k just let me move from playing games on the single cpu system
to using a far suppirior SMP system

Quake 3 Arena, on my Dual PIII timedemos 1 at a higher result than my freind
Atahlon @800....and he has had a shitty time getting the geforce 2 to run
stabaly under win9x

SMP rules, INTEL though not the fastest by the long way, are far better than
AMD in the long run..until I can get a stable AMD supported motherboard (Or
find a Socket 370 AMD chip that i can get into a Slocket and fit to my
Gigabyte 6BXD I wont even be looking at another processor manufacturor.....

i have never had 1 crash (Except the Adaptec, where have my CDs gone now
bug) under win2k