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NT4 is NOT Win98
Authored by: Wayne_S on Feb 26, '04 11:18:29AM
NT4 is what most Windows users consider the first usable and stable version of the NT kernel. That kernel is used for NT4, Win2000, and XP I believe. On the other hand, a different kernel is shared among Win95, Win98, and WinMe. 98 is essentially 95 with some GUI kludges. Win Me supposedly changed more, but I do not know what was changed from 98.

If you are forced to operate in the Windows world for anything, and want a version with any hint of stability, use one of the NT-based kernels.

Off topic comment: one of my favorite acronym redundancies is on Windows boxes that read "with NT technology" - NT stands for New Technology.

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NT4 is NOT Win98
Authored by: jocknerd on Feb 26, '04 11:59:27AM

Actually NT 4 was less stable than NT 3.51. The biggest reason for this was that the graphics subsystem (GDI) was not part of the kernel in 3.51 but was added to the kernel in 4.0 in order to speed up the graphics.

NT 4 was a decent desktop OS. Much more stable than the DOS-based Windows 95, 98, and ME. The problem with it was with drivers and lack of game support. It was pretty much a business only OS. I ran it for a while at home right after I sold off all my OS/2 software and just before I got into Linux. Now, I'm pretty much using Linux for my servers and OS X for my desktops.

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NT4 is NOT Win98
Authored by: swedentom on Feb 27, '04 09:25:22AM

No, I think Win 2000 is WinNT 5, and XP is 5.1.



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NT4 is NOT Win98
Authored by: Anonymous on Feb 28, '04 12:58:21AM

Actually, NT used to stand for the Intel NT processor for which it was originally going to be developed for.



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