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To: Dr. David Gleitman who wrote (44625)	5/23/1998 11:49:00 PM
From: Mr. Aloha	Respond to of 176388

Windows NT is basically for the Network and a full 32 bit operating system. Some say it's more stable than Win 95 but you need to have a pretty beefy system because of the size...(plenty of memory). Win 98 is basically a patch for Win 95 and looks the same. You can use the universal port which is the only real advantage I can see. It also uses the FAT 32 file system but that's not a big deal. The OS2 release of 95 takes advantage of that. A partner has the beta version and I'm not going to upgrade because it's just not worth it for me. When I get and need a universal port I will. I'm not a fan of the Microsoft browser and I don't want it to be part of my operating system. I use Microsoft Explorer 3.x, 4.0 and Netscape to check out web compatability. That's my two cents. Aloha

To: Dr. David Gleitman who wrote (44625)	5/23/1998 11:50:00 PM
From: Jack T. Pearson	Respond to of 176388

David, I am currently running Windows 95 on a 133Mhz Pentium PC and Windows NT 4.0 on a 200Mhz Pentium Pro. Windows NT is much more secure and robust than Windows 95. Some software and utilities won't run on Windows NT. For example, some games won't run on it, and I can't run a tape backup like the Iomega Ditto because of NT security features. NT seems to handle multiple applications and multitasking better than Windows 95. But that might be because of the Pentium Pro CPU. It also takes longer to boot up and shut down a Windows NT. I got NT for the Pentium Pro machine because, at the time I bought it, many applications ran much faster on Windows NT than Windows 95 on the Pentium Pro machines. I have heard that it is extremely difficult to run Windows NT 4.0 on notebooks. That is supposed to change with NT 5.0, next year.