Hi, Eric!
A machine, where Win95, Win98 and NT runs perfectly, Windows 2000 won't let me add an IDE harddisk. Controller is perfect installed, but Win2000 says, it cannot find the driver for an IDE harddisk... So I had to install NT again, since I need to add and remove the harddisk. I also tried this with VMware, which should be quite compatible - same results...!!
The motherboard is Iwill with a Pentium 350MHz. I know, that Iwill motherboards and Windows 2000 also have problems on USB (haven't tried it), but it's one of the most sold motherboards in this country. And I'm still amused by the on/off button not working in Windows 2000. It's probably the ACPI stuff that I have to disable in order to make it work.
But the point is not, that I may have some problems. The point is, that I'm not the only one, who is uninstalling Windows 2000 and installing NT. Yesterday, one of my friends did the same, because some video equipment didn't work with Windows 2000. I've heard much negative stuff when MS's other operating systems arrived, but I never heard anybody who uninstalled and reinstalled the previous operating system, once they upgraded. It really surprises me, that Microsoft didn't focus more on making Windows 2000 do everything NT can (and more, of course), and instead made an operating system you have to test before you know what will work.
There's no doubt, that pre-installed Windows 2000 computers and new installations on new PCs probably work smoothly. But it should work on older computers, too.
By the way - it really seems, that people without much knowledge on computers will start to buy Windows 2000 instead of Windows 98. It's like french wine: The more it costs, the better people think it is. I think the marketing department has done a good job here. |
