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Speed up VirtualPC by using Windows NT 4 Desktop
Authored by: raider on Feb 26, '04 11:30:20AM

NT4 not only is *nothing* like Windows 98 (except in name and appearance), but it is also old and outdated - with little support for much of anything useful.

Windows NT 4 was meant mostly for servers and had very little useful for the average desktop person.

Windows 2000 is essentially what you should be using if you want NT at all.

Just be warned, that many things that work in 95/98 will *NOT* work in NT4. Especially, it may be hard to find drivers or support for some things that weren't built with the "Enterprise" work environment - NT4 was designed for offices and as such many commercial home oriented apps or products won't work well with it. Just because it says "Windows" doesn't mean it will work for what you need.



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Speed up VirtualPC by using Windows NT 4 Desktop
Authored by: helicine on Feb 26, '04 11:46:39AM

WinNT4 Workstation was a great desktop OS if you were not heavy into gaming (but many games still ran just fine under it) and not a Server OS. At the time, if you needed a secure multi-user setup, WinNT4 beat the pants off of 98 or 95.

That being said, I'd stick w/ Win2k since it is more stable and far easier to maintain.



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Speed up VirtualPC by using Windows NT 4 Desktop
Authored by: stingerman on Feb 26, '04 01:41:38PM

NT 4 is still used as the OS for 40% of Micrsoft's installed server base. Go figure. I wouldn't throw it away just yet.



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