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I agree 100% with Ken about Win2k: It's quite handy and robust. BUT, when
you're developing you need to dual (or more!) boot back into NT4 for
testing the product, i.e. you'll want an NT4/SP3 and NT4/SP5 installation.
Richard is also quite right about using an older server as a reliable
workstation... Sunbelt Software has a link to Dell off their home page for
factory refurb servers & workstations.
However, I would recommend taking a close look at the IBM IntelliStation
line, especially the IntelliStation M series: These are almost as sturdy as
a server, but with better video as well as being in a more user friendly
case. Plus, IBM's tech support is much better than Dell's, anyway.
Just my 2 cents from the trenches...
Dan
PS: I eat my own dog food, too: I'm writing this on my IBM IntelliStation
ZPro; and it's sitting next to my IBM Netfinity 5500 rackmount server.
At 06:25 AM 3/16/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>From: "Daniel L. Schwartz" <expresso@snip.net>
>>
>> First off, I would *not* use USB peripherals, since NT4 does
>>not support
>>USB. NT5, err, Windows 2000, does support USB; but you'll need dual boot
>>(NT4 & 5) capability since Win2k will not take off until next year.
>
>
>FWIW, I've been doing development on W2K Professional at work for
>three weeks with no problems whatsoever. Being able to use my USB
>devices and see all my FAT, FAT32, *and* NTFS disks from one OS is
>worth the price of admission alone...
>
>->Ken
>--
>- --
>Ken Wieschhoff
>Siren Enterprises
>(770)813-0231
*AND*
>***************************
At 02:02 AM 3/16/00 -0800, Richard L. wrote:
>Will,
>
>Following up on some of Dan's suggestions re: SCSI HD, SCSI CD, dual cpu,
>ECC RAM...
>
>I recently picked up a refurbished Dell Poweredge 2200. I've worked with
>lots of standard PC desktops. I was very impressed with the higher quality
>of components and construction in this server. All the above features are
>included plus 10/100 ethernet, plenty of power & cooling plus mucho room
>for cards & drives.
>
>I'm upgrading it to more current specs for speed and RAM. Video is limited
>as one would expect for a server. 1024 X 768 @ 256 works for me but you can
>add a card if you're going to need better. You could pickup a newer 2300
>for a very reasonable price and skip the upgrades. I'm sure the same could
>be said for the IBM Netfinity series. The point being that there is a
>significant difference in quality between the consumer desktops and the
>servers.
>
>If you go this route you will be able to get NT loaded but probably not the
>MS Office Suite.
>
>Good Luck, Richard L.
>
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