[A83] Re: Problems with Virtual TI [OT]
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[A83] Re: Problems with Virtual TI [OT]
At 03:24 PM 11/7/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>I haven't installed it from scratch, but I tried upgrading from Windows
>2000, and it was completely unusable. I have a Celeron 466 with 384 MB and
>it was much slower than Windows 2000. There are many very obvious bugs,
>both cosmetic and functional. CD burning did not work with any software.
>Any attempts to run any CD burning software would cause the application to
>lock up, and it could not be killed. So much for a "stable" operating
>system when you can't kill an application (even with things like prcview
>that could kill anything on Windows 2000, even system processes). The only
>way to make the system shut down afterwards without hitting the reset button
>was to kill a system process, and trigger it's automatic one minute restart.
>Windows 2000 is much, much more stable, and a lot faster. If there is a
>game that just won't run on Windows 2000, then keep a second install of
>Windows 98SE. I don't think XP will help you. It's a nice try, but it will
>another version or two before they have something as usable as Windows 2000.
Then there is Me, the wonder windows, that does nothing but crash my
machine once a day. Really. After 24 hours, so much memory has been
leaked that my 394Mb stash is completely gone, and the computer ceases to
function. Oddly, I can still use 3DSMAX to make massive renders, and that
sucks 200Mb physical directly. In short, Me probably sux more than XP.
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