[WinMac] NT vs 98 on Appleshare IP Network

From: Rick Kent (maverick[at]maverickmedia.com)
Date: Thu Aug 24 2000 - 10:41:36 PDT

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    We need some help in deciding whether to change one of our PCs to Windows NT.

    A hardware manufacturer we work with has asked us to beta test a new
    Windows NT version of their software package. We would very much
    like to do so, however our production machine currently runs Windows
    98.

    We have no objection to buying and installing NT, but we are
    concerned with possible problems which would require teams of
    Microsoft Certified IT Professionals to solve. We are mostly Mac
    people.

    We run a small Appleshare IP 6.3 network, with 7 Macs and 4 PCs. The
    PCs all run Windows 98. We share 2 printers over the network: a
    LaserWriter 12/640 and an Epson 1270 with Axis 1440 Ethernet
    connection. (Note that the only way I have been able to get the PCs
    to consistently work with the LaserWriter is to make a direct
    parallel connection to one of the PCs, and then share it out from
    that PC.) The Macs all behave beautifully.

    The only software that we run on that production machine (besides the
    manufacturer's) is Photoshop, Illustrator, and CorelDraw,
    occasionally one of the Microsoft Office products, along with Norton
    Antivirus.

    Any thoughts from the NT experts. Any bad experiences from the non
    NT experts. Can I just install NT over the Windows 98 system? Will
    everything break? Are there specific ways to avoid problems?

    Thanks for your help. 

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