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NT vs other OS's (modified 0 times) Millennium_Falcon Profile | Email The Toshiba CD I bought off the internet I got for $17 on EBay because it didnt work, couldnt open the drawer. When I tried opening the door, pushing the button just didnt result in anything even though you could hear it seek on boot up and the indicator light worked and the OS could find it. Just couldnt open it. So I noticed a small hole near the button. Just about the diameter of a straightened paper clip. So I straightened a paper clip and pushed it in. POP the drawer came open and inside I found a NT Ver 4.0 installation CD. It apparently was jambed but it wasnt dammaged. It boots right up ready to install. Like finding the Hope diamond in a paper box the grocery store gave you for free. Well, maybe not that good, but definately worth $17 especialy since the drive works fine now. Now the question is....do I want to install it? I have ME running on the I-O right now. Is NT any better? Is Win 95 any better? I dont have 98 or 2000. Space on the drive is not a concern as I have a 5 gig HD. I am only interested in stability and performance???? 03-06-2001 17:14:31

RE:NT vs other OS's (modified 0 times) ckbone Profile I don't know if anyone on this board ever got NT to install on an I-Opener. Frankly, I wouldn't even try. I had it for a while on some computers at home....I use Win2000 now. It's 100% better....installs easily on an I-Opener. NT doesn't support Fat32, doesn't support USB, has a non-existant plug and play, and probably would not recognize any of the hardware on an I-Opener....After all, it's an almost ten year old OS, updated many times...You would be disappointed with it even if it would install. 03-06-2001 17:54:30

RE:NT vs other OS's (modified 0 times) eddavis Profile NT 4.0 is a business OS. Some things do run better in it than in Win9x, and the threading support is very good. Not for gaming. For the io, stick with a Win9x variant, or try W2k. By the way, NT 4.0 does support USB, does support some plug and play (not hot-swapping), and I believe would recognize most of the hardware on the io, there's nothing particularly rare on the machine. You can even find FAT32 support for it also (as well as HPFS if you're an OS/2 geek). 03-06-2001 20:58:17

RE:NT vs other OS's (modified 0 times) Automator Profile Are you using one of these solutions for USB under NT? Or can you tell us more about what you are running, along with impressions? Thanks. 03-07-2001 04:16:32

RE:NT vs other OS's (modified 0 times) ckbone Profile Using 3rd-party software may give you some limited usb support on NT. I found a fat32 driver that allowed NT to read, not write, fat32 partitions....there is software(not cheap) that supposedly allowed NT to write fat32. I would be very surprised if anyone could get the sound, video, modem, and USB all working on an I-Opener using NT. Why bother? Win98 would be faster and a much easier install. Everybody has a copy of Win98. I cannot think of a single benefit of using NT on an I-Opener. But if you like pain...go right ahead. 03-07-2001 05:05:13

RE:NT vs other OS's (modified 0 times) eddavis Profile I'm using iomega for running a USB zip (it's how I got some key files on the io until I got a USB ethernet adapter). I have a USB camera I used to run on NT also, but don't at the moment. And ckbone, relax. Nobody stating it's a good idea, simply talking about possibilities. I wouldn't be shocked at all if someone could get everything on an io working under NT. 03-07-2001 10:01:30

RE:NT vs other OS's (modified 0 times) winter Profile Millennium_Falcon, just to be clear, finding an NT 4.0 CD doesn't give you the right to install it anymore than the copies various MS O/S found on ng (I'm not preaching here - I have copies too - its just that media <> a valid MS license) "NT 4.0 is a business OS <snip> For the io, stick with a Win9x variant, or try W2k." ??? W2K is a business OS just as much as NT 4.0 workstation is so that argument doesnt make any sense (e.g. dont run NT40 because its a business OS). But I agree W2K is a better choice to run on an I-Opener- its what I run. "By the way, NT 4.0 does support USB" False - You can get NT4.0 to support some USB device using 3rd-party drivers/hacks but that does not mean that 4.0 supports USB - it clearly doesn't. 03-07-2001 10:27:56

RE:NT vs other OS's (modified 0 times) eddavis Profile >W2K is a business OS just as much as NT 4.0 W2K is much more open to gaming and home use than NT ever was. Drivers, support for graphics/sound boards etc. Check supported platforms for the latest Windows-targeted games, a large number include W2K. Re the USB support, there are plenty of "supported" devices for an OS that require 3rd party drivers. Yes, I know what MS states, that doesn't mean it cannot be done easily. Calling a 3rd party driver a hack is simply a matter of semantics. 03-07-2001 12:46:20

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