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Non-Tech : Freezing Computers
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To: Wooly who wrote (7)3/10/1999 10:00:00 PM
From: Curly Q   of 13
 
No. Reliability problems were delivered to me with the computer, for, on the very first day the machine checked out on me twice.

I have a feeling that you don't think too highly of the utilities out there. Since your job is to deliver mission critical systems, the concept of an aid for improvement is ridiculous. I suppose I agree.

I do know that the 266 mHz Dell computer that I use at work has been used by me daily since July 1997. But that computer is run by Windows NT 4.0. In all those hundreds of days, total freezing incidents = zero. I never even reboot it to "refresh" windows and improve performance. I was talking to our systems administrator, and he says he uses NT at home. Of course he suggested I do the same...

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