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Dear Richard,
Thank you for the excellent comments.
I intend to use this computer strictly for Tradestation and nothing else. I have
several computers running in my office - one for Internet and word processing, etc
and two for trading.
The weight of evidence seems to be for NT.
Thanks,
Manning Stoller
Richard Josslin wrote:
> Dear Manning & Group,
>
> I've been running Windows for Workgroups and TS 3.5 for years.
>
> Recently, I bought a new computer (P233 MMX) to run LeoWeb and an Internet
> Squawkbox, both of which required either Win95 or NT 4.0. I chose NT 4.0
> (Workstation), because of the numerous notes I've read on this and other
> groups saying that NT was the more stable.
>
> Some pluses and minuses I've faced:
>
> 1. I want to run a V90, 56K-flex modem, and I've been unable to find one
> that has PCI connections and drivers for NT. Consequently, I've had to
> settle on one that has ISA connections, reputed to be slower. When the
> drivers come out, in a month or two, I'll change.
>
> 2. I run a multi-monitor card with WFW and would like to use multi-monitors
> with NT. Microsoft tells me that their next upgrade for NT will have the
> same multi-monitor provisions that their new Win98 has, but the NT upgrade
> won't be out until the end of this year at the earliest. Therefore, I'm
> stuck with either using Win98 (without having to buy a multi-monitor card)
> or NT plus the additional expense of a multi-monitor card (approx $1000 for NT).
>
> 3. NT is fussier. For examaple, I downloaded the new interim upgrade for
> it, called "Service Pack 3", and when I ran it, it conked out my ability to
> connect to the Internet. I had to take the computer back to the shop and
> have them reload NT, and I still don't have the slightest idea how I'm going
> to upgrade. Had I been running Win95, I doubt that I would have any problem.
>
> 4. One problem I have with NT is that when it reboots, it requires a
> password to be entered. I don't know if Win95 requires this, but WFW does
> not. I find that advantageous, because if my power goes out in the middle
> of the night or on the weekend or, worse, when I'm on vacation, and I'm not
> at my desk, then when the power is ultimately turned back on, WFW will
> bootup followed by the TS data server, so I don't lose any data waiting for
> a password to be entered.
>
> Other than the foregoing reasons, I've been happy with NT and TS. I had
> absolutely no problem loading TS ver 4.0 into NT - the set-up went
> flawlessly and was done in just a few minutes (of course, it took me a while
> to configure TS, for example, entering the contracts that I want in the data
> portfolio).
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Richard Josslin
>
> At 03:04 PM 5/14/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >I'm seriously thinking of changing from Windows 95 to Windows NT.
> >Does anyone know of some good reasons why I shouldn't?
> >I will be using a Dell 400mhz primarily for Tradestation.
> >Many thanks
> >Manning Stoller
> >
> >
> >
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