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Subject: Re: Is Windows 2000 Professional a good choice for Computer-Chess? (NT)

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 13:58:43 04/05/01

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On April 05, 2001 at 16:14:10, Scott Gasch wrote:

>On April 05, 2001 at 05:59:39, Jason Williamson wrote:
>>
>>As I do, but in general, most home users have no need for Win2k.
>>
>
>That's a strange statement.  I'd argue that anyone who doesn't like their
>computer crashing has a need for win2k (or something else besides 9x/ME).  You
>know the next version of Windows for home users will be based on the NT kernel
>(like Win2k).  So apparently Microsoft has finally concluded that home users
>need the stability and security of a serious operating system...

My experience with Windows ME is that I've had one thing or another crash about
everyday, it's helped to go into msconfig and remove a few things from startup
(be very carefull!) but the thing still goes and bites me more often than I can
stand.

I've been considering upgrading it to 2000 for a while, but because of the cost
I've avoided the thing so far (for me it's cheaper to crash).

Does Windows 2000 have the ability to start into Dos without a boot floppy?

Pete



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