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To: unclewest who wrote (360)	12/14/1999 11:33:00 AM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2039

> can an nt pc be bought with dvd yet? NT 4.0 doesn't support DVD, Windows 2000 will. Don

To: unclewest who wrote (360)	12/14/1999 11:55:00 AM
From: Glenn Norman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2039

Yo_Unclewest............OT OT OT Re:can you network nt with a w98 laptop? Yes - Any operating system can be netwoked with any other operating system, the web is mostly UNIX and most desktops access it with win 95, 98, or NT. Re:can an nt pc be bought with dvd yet? Yes - DVD will operate in any P.C. environment as long as there are "DRIVERS" that run under the OS you are using. Salude - Norman.

To: unclewest who wrote (360)	12/15/1999 9:21:00 AM
From: Alex Fleming	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2039

OT OT- NT and DVD, the real story for unclewest Technically NT has a handicap in that it only supports Microsoft Direct X3 as opposed to version 6 and above for windows 98. This does not mean that NT can not support DVD, it means that most soft DVD players do not support Direct X3. I have no problem running running DVDs on NT contrary to what was posted by Don Green. Don is not incorrect in the general sense but is perhaps unaware of how DVDs can be used with NT. The solution is to add hardware DVD playback via an inexpensive board that is often bundled in DVD kits. The board itself is from Sigma designs and works transparently with all videocards and in most system since it does not require intervention from the CPU...a Pentium 200 will work. Overall it is a simple and elegant solution that provides superb playback and has been fully supported under NT for sometime. It costs about a $100 and is widely available. Alex