Re: [WinMac] NT Installs

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Mon, 02 Nov 1998 15:46:24 -0500

        Well, two major points:

        1) Didn't we all have problems migrating from System 6.0.8 to System 7?

        2) Just because it says on the box it works is no guarantee. Haven't we
all fought with "Mac-compatible" RasterOops video cards, or *especially*
Radius Rockets?!

        Get real, CHoogendyk!

At 04:52 PM 11/1/98 EST, CHoogendyk@aol.com wrote:
>
>In a message dated 10/29/98 1:52:41 AM, gzak@sd61.bc.ca writes:
>
>>In response to a recent MacMarine posting about an NT install taking a
>>ridiculously long time (6 hours to intall on an Orange card in a Mac, with
>>the help of a technician to boot), I inquired of my colleague, Carl, as
>>to how realistic this situation was. He replied as I have quoted below. I
>>would appreciate any comments on his experiences and any advice you all
>>may have for me as I move into this brave new world and embrace the Borg
>>(oops, sorry, Win-people - that was an autonomic Mac-reaction).
>
>what Carl said sounds basically reasonable.
>
>what he missed is that an experienced Mac person can set up the Mac system
far
>faster than that, and the variability on NT installs is greater with some
>instances getting really rediculous.
>
>also, the hardware problems are inherent with NT. the obsolesence of PCs is
>driven faster by NT refusing to recognize and work with anything that is not
>on their "blessed" list. I've seen people replacing and throwing out,
>wholesale, PC hardware components because NT wouldn't work with them -
network
>cards, CD drives, etc. the "plug and pray" terminology is justified. the Mac
>is far better in this respect.
>
>on the other hand, if the PCs have already been on NT and are being upgraded
>from 3.5 to 4, that is less of a problem. in an environment going from
Windows
>3.11 or Windows 95 to NT, it can be a serious problem.

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