Re: NT or 95?

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From: Gumby
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 01:55

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On Thu, 11 Apr 96 11:33:32, mattn@engdns.bandley1.netmanage.com wrote:

>
>In Article<316C4EC8.400E@emi.net>, <orlo@emi.net> writes:
>> 
>> Fidelio wrote:
>> > 
>> > LewM@PacX.Com (Lewis Mettler) writes:
>> > 
>> > >Lisa Wang <lisa.wang@hydro.on.ca> wrote:
>> > 
>> > >If you want to go slow use NT.
>> > 
>> > >If you want unreliable operation use 95.
>> > 
>> > >If you rather go fast and be reliable you will have to use OS/2.
>> > 
>> > Fast and reliable, that sounds like Linux to me. Going fast until it
>> > suddenly crashes, with no applications to run, not supporting the most
>> > common hardware, that's OS/2.
>> > 
>> 
>> But, the question is...Can I load Win NT in a Win 95 directory? Will both
>> OS's be operational on my HD?
If you already have 95 installed then NT will install a boot manager
and give you a choice of what OS to boot into.  NT is solid but slow I
have 32meg EDO ram on a P100 and see a real slow down over 95, however
I still prefer to run anything that will run under NT with NT because
it is stable.

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Subject: Re: NT or 95?
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 01:55:49 GMT
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