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Non-Tech : CYBERTRADER -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: William W. Dwyer, Jr. who wrote (404)	4/26/1998 9:25:00 PM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3216

Bill, NT is more stable. It also causes more problems when you have to talk to tech support because so (relatively) fewer people use it. That will probably change in the next 12-18 months. But for now, you have to be ready for it. From what I can gather, Cybertrader is ready to support NT. But be warned that lots of supporting services do not do it well. Example: I foolishly bought Turbo Tax, which ran on NT last year, and this year did not! I will not repeat in a public forum the words I used, but suffice it to say that I had to boot Win 95 to do my taxes on the &%$&%$%&&&&$%^$. (You think I'M a jerk, go deal with Intuit -- I guarantee you will mean that "I Like Spots" tagline by comparison. <G>) For another example, I just finished a 5-week battle with my ISP because they had problems with the connection to a late version of NT I installed. We finally resolved it, but I had to do all internet access through an alternate for that time. I have to run NT at present because I support NT products. I will be buying a new personal PC in the next few months myself, and I believe I will opt for NT in spite of the problems, exactly because of the stability (and greater control, I must add). But be warned that you will pay in other areas. I can give more examples if you can take 'em <G>. Spots