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Advantages: stability, robustness, speed, good multitasking, security.
A crashing application almost never brings NT down with it; you can
restart the app without rebooting, and it never runs out of system
resources or dies because of misallocated memory. Even poorly behaved
applications are less likely to be buggy under NT (because more than a
few of the bugs attributed to apps are OS problems instead). On the
rare occasions when the system does crash (generally due to a driver
conflict), the NTFS file system is much less likely to leave you with
corrupt data than FAT 16 and 32. It's significantly faster, because
it's all 32 bit code, and the multitasking is much smoother. And the
system has real security with passwords and permissions, though it's
not foolproof.
Disadvantages: more expensive, harder to install (it's not all plug
and play), needs more memory (perhaps 32 meg more than a comparable 98
installation), requires more disk space, won't run games and the
occasional lame app or utility. Depending on the device, driver
support is sometimes not as good as it is for 98.
Unfortunately there's no automatic upgrade from 98, and it won't read
your FAT 32 files (there's an add-in application called FAT32.exe that
supposedly does this but I don't know how good it is). But overall I'd
say it's a no-brainer for any kind of business use.
Josh
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Johnson <jejohn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Joshua P. Hill <joshhill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 8:31 AM
Subject: TradeStation on Win98 vs NT
> I noted your post with interest. I've heard similar comments. But
I'm
> not technical enuf to know whether or if to move from 98 to NT.
What is
> gained and lost by switching?
>
> Mine is a simple set-up for a home office. I am usually running
> ProSuite2000, Navigator, SignalOnline with occasional use of Word of
> Excel. I have a Dell P3, 500 mhz, 22 G. No network.
>
> Thanks for any ideas you have. Feel free to answer via the
Omega-list.
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