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From: Dave Glue
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 06:29

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On Fri, 19 Apr 96 20:20:20 GMT, evrwrite@powergrid.electriciti.com (Ed

>First WinNT requires a minimum of 20mb.  With 20mb it will run, but will be 
>slow.  For optimum use you'll need 32mb.

Incorrect.  WinNT can run in 12.  Optimum is 20megs for the
workstation version, but 16 is apparently decent from what I've heard.

>
>WinNT is *intended* for central-servers and *multi-user* systems, not 
>single-user machines.

Completely untrue.  NT _Server_ fills that need, NT _workstation_
fills the single-user.  NT is becoming quite a 3D workstation
platform, for example.

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