RE: Windows98 (was Intel delays Merced)

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Eric,

He most certainly did not agree and was of the opinion that having all the bug 
fixes, "power" tools and IE4 
packed up constituted a new operating system and therefore would be inherently 
more stable than w95 with fixes.  
MS really do have a wonderful marketing machine.

w98 seems to have additional drivers for things like USB, Firewire, and AGP -- 
supposedly shared with NT. Also 
improved system optimisation (this may be what Pete Hall alluded to), better 
power and disk management tools 
but that's about it.

It would seem to me that if you must run a MS operating system then NT would be 
a better choice (unless games 
are your highest priority).  The moment you install any networking software on 
w95 it becomes remarkably 
unstable.

Of course most of us know of still better choices!

Where do you want to go today? Been there, done that, got the tee-shirt!  OS/2 
Warp.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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> Date: Fri, 05 Jun 98 09:08:06 -0700
> From: "Eric" <Eric@norcov.com>
> To: "'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Windows98 (was Intel delays Merced)

> 
> I take it that the guru didn't agree?  I would be interested in his 
> thoughts considering that many (most?) of the WIN 98 "enhancements" have 
> been available on the Microsoft site for some time now.
> 
> Eric Kempter
> Director of MIS
> Commair Mechanical Services
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Coulter [SMTP:shc@flybynight.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 1998 12:54 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: Windows98 (was Intel delays Merced)
> 
> Hello Neil,
> 
> My sentiments exactly.  I said the same thing to the the local MS NT guru 
> (installing same for a client).  Now
> there was one annoyed little vegemite!
> 
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
> 
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> // Windoze should not be open at Warp speed.
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> > Date: Fri, 05 Jun 98 00:33:15 -0600
> > From: "Neil Palmer" <npalmer@NxTrend.com>
> > To: "'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> > Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: Windows98 (was Intel delays Merced)
> 
> >
> > Isn't Win98 merely a packaged set of bug fixes for Win95, and therefore
> > SHOULD be free to current users ?   :-)
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