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From: HPJM van Lakwijk <>
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Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 02:04:43 +0200
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Douglas and Elena Husemann wrote:

> Terry, I would have to agree, anyone that would recommend staying in win 9x
> anything
> either is blinded gamer or not very knowledgeable of the system itself.
>
> At the very least, if you want to go with a time tested system that is more
> stable, and
> this isn't even a comparison to 9x, go with win 2k. If you want to look at
> XP, think of it
> this way. In software never buy the 0 version of it as it will be buggy and
> have many upgrades
> Win 2k is NT 5.0 while XP is 5.1.
>
> Is there cutting edge stuff in it. yes of course. But you can even make XP
> just 2k second edition
> if you like and have all that stability.
>
> The main thing to remember, 9x is based on old DOS technology and shares all
> of its resources
> with every other program running. NT based system each program is in its
> own virtual system.
> when one crashes it doesn't bring down the entire system.
>
> Having played with XP since Beta 2, I can honestly say in most cases it is
> as stable as 2k is now.
> and at least 200 to 300 times more stable than any 9x system.
>
> As a matter of fact, on the current running minus one update of software
> that required a reboot,
> I have been running 24/7 for 2 months now. Something I could never do in
> 9x.
>
> Douglas
>
>
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