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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: M. Simms <prosys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
An: IMarshal <imarshal@xxxxxxxxxx>; Omega Research <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Gesendet: Montag, 21. Februar 2000 23:59
Betreff: RE: [Re: Windows 2000 Professional; MAYBE great news]
> Yeah - but we are now at the mercy of Omega....TS2000i is completely
"hosed"
> under Win2000 till SP5 !!
>
> I am STILL awaiting the SP4C CDs.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IMarshal [mailto:imarshal@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 7:20 PM
> > To: Omega Research
> > Subject: RE: [Re: Windows 2000 Professional; MAYBE great news]
> >
> >
> > I too have been using Windows 2000 since RC 1 was out. I just
> > received the
> > Final Release a couple of days ago. This has to be the most
> > stable OS I've
> > ever used, with the exception of Linux. I've even crashed NT 4.0 on a
> > frequent basis... but this Win2k is really impressive.
> >
> > If you are using NT 4.0 to run TS2k or any investment software, which is
> > what you should be using and *NOT* windows 98 (for *many* reasons). In
my
> > opinion, Windows 2k is a must upgrade. It's not just a facelift,
> > this thing
> > is REALLY impressive.
> >
> > Just my 2cents
> >
> > -IMarshal
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Berentson [mailto:shavenheads@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 5:50 PM
> > To: Patrick White; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [Re: Windows 2000 Professional; MAYBE great news]
> >
> >
> > I went the the Windows 2000 launch today. It appears that the
> > most important
> > new features were designed to make a network administrator's job
> > significantly
> > easier as well as adding flexibility. The theme was the IS manager as
> > Platonic
> > caretaker (read Fascist dictator). Microsoft is beginning to
> > understand that
> > the common man just cares about the functionality. They claimed that a
> > virgin
> > machine, with no operating system installed, could plug into a network
and
> > come away with a fully funcational machine. This should help sell it
into
> > the
> > business community. For the individual user, it is NT4 with a Win98
> > interface
> > and features, with infrared, USB and DVD support built in.
> >
> > "Patrick White" <simgenie@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > It seems to me that much of the negative comments regarding Windows
2000
> > > come from people who haven't yet installed it on their machines. I
have
> > been
> > > happily running Win2K on my machine for the last 3-4 months with great
> > > success. I did the upgrade from Win98, and I'm not going back.
> > If you have
> > > NT, the reasons for upgrading would be:
> > >
> > > 1) Stay ahead of the Microsoft upgrade curve so you continue to get
> > > "upgrade" prices.
> > >
> > > 2) Multiple Monitor support.
> > >
> > > 3) It is about as easy to use as Win98
> > >
> > > If you are running Win98, There are some pretty solid reasons to
upgrade
> > to
> > > Win2K:
> > >
> > > 1) Stability of NT (I have only had about 2 times where the whole
system
> > > went down and those times were related to my video driver. I can keep
it
> > up
> > > for a week or two with no problems. One program crashing doesn't bring
> > down
> > > the whole system. Even if Explorer crashes, the system stays up!)
> > >
> > > 2) Ability to run TS 4.0 in a separate memory space like NT. I
> > did manage
> > to
> > > get TS4 installed and running according to the instructions on the
Omega
> > web
> > > site.
> > >
> > > 3) Built in firewall / web server / mail server capabilities
> > >
> > > At very least, if you have a LAN that uses a Win98 machine as your
> > gateway,
> > > I would suggest upgrading that machine to Win2K. The upgrade
> > from win98 to
> > > 2000 is really a no brainer just because of the stability issues.
> > >
> > > caveat:
> > > The OS seems to use more memory, so I would suggest 128MB for
> > comfort with
> > > 96MB as a bare minimum.
> > >
> > > Patrick White
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > jfb
> > shaven heads trading
> > new york city
> >
>
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