Posted on 01/04/2006 9:59:39 AM PST by ShadowAce
I agree, LINUX is still for hobbyist, but cracks are starting to appear in the dam.
I didn't say it was based on it. I said it was closer to it as in end-user capabilities.
I gathered that. But I also gather that most of the people actually complaining here on the thread do so because they think everything should be free.
I pay for good software, keep it updated, buy new versions when they make sense and I never have a bit of trouble with it. I don't ~want~ root. I don't want to know how or why my computer works, I just want to drive it.
Features.
Actually, technically it is.
The GetWindowsVersion() API call on XP returns major version "5" minor version "1" (i.e. 5.1).
On Windows 2000, it returns major version "5", minor version "0" (i.e. 5.0).
On NT 4, it returns major version "4", minor version "0" (i.e. 4.0).
They may have been talking about XP Pro, but if they were saying 5.1, Win2k was referred to as "NT5.1"
As for XP being "NT5.1", can't make a generality like that when theres XP Home out there. Sales Rep? I'll take an MCSE's word over a sales rep anyday ;)
Ack! You're right; I dont know what I was thinking; 200 is "nt 5.0", don't know why I brain farted that one! LOL
See 48, my apologies. I had heard "NT5.0" so often anymore that I had forgotten it was 2k all along! Duh!
Where do you go to turn off updating???
Yeah, amazing.....yesterday I tried to access a Win98 Excel file on an old laptop I entered 300 plus names/info into while travelling so I could move it to another computer......Says I can't get it.....HELP!
XP is NT5.1
It's still the same crap code of NT!
I'm not sure how you get to "It's stil the same..." after pointing out that they're newer versions. The reason they have new names (version numbers, or whatever) is because they are not the same.
FWIW -- I am an MCSE and Windows developer with twenty years of computer experience, not all of it with a Microsoft O/S -- I have been extremely happy with Windows 2000. It was a major improvement over NT 4.0. We had very few problems with NT here in the first place (15 servers, 150 clients), but the upgrade to Windows 2000 has made problems almost nonexistant. Any issues we have run across have been because of Dell hardware, not because of Windows.
While I would say that Windows reliability is still not quite on par with xNIX O/Ses, it's honestly not that far off anymore.
I use both XP and 2000 at home and have had the same experience there. Very stable and reliable. Any problems trace back to hardware.
I'm really starting to think of getting a mac.
Not even close. you just showed your cards.M
Actually it is.
Windows for Workgroups was 3.11
Windows 95 was windows4.0
NT4.0 was Windows 4.0 for servers using a different kernal
Windows 2000 was Windows5.0
WinXP IS Windows 5.1
OK, but I would disagree with that also. XP Home is closer to XP Pro than it is ME. Most home users wouldn't be able to tell the difference between XP Pro and XP Home.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/default.aspx
Click on Check For Updates. If it asks for a CD and you do not have one, then after the install fails, see if there is not a link to install updates where no CD is required.
12 posted on 01/04/2006 11:16:33 AM MST by TXBSAFH
I still run LILO and SILO on some of my servers.
But I'm real pleased with my 1 ghz 17" PowerBook
From a user perception point of view it appears as fast as my 3.0 Ghz XP Pro desktop.
When I run system on the XP Pro in the VPC running in my Mac it reports itself as a 1.8 Ghz 586.
Just get Root !
Win2k Advanced Server was a major jump. Great OS, IMO.
in the lab where I work, over a thrid of our machines are NT. TO upgrade to another operating system would mean having to buy new instruments that the computers run. THat would kost $80-100K per machine - just not feasible.
Now are you referring to the GUI or usefulness?
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