Is windows NT 5.0 beta 2 workstation reliable

[Ange Brunner]

I wonder if this beta 2 release is really reliable to use every day and
replace windows 98.

Are all the windows 98 drivers will work whith windows NT 5.0 like Mr bill
told us.

abru...@gte.net

[Derekmo74]

Yes Beta 2 is very good, all componants/drivers have been checked in. But I
would never run BETA software for my primary machine..enjoy!

[Ofer Levi]

Ange Brunner <abru...@gte.net> wrote in message
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>I wonder if this beta 2 release is really reliable to use every day and
>replace windows 98.

I don't think so.
I installer the server version and it was not works good enoght.
The Microsoft Network is very very slow and weird things happens.
(disconnections, ...)
The file system is also problematic.

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>Are all the windows 98 drivers will work whith windows NT 5.0 like Mr bill
>told us.

No.

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>abru...@gte.net
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Ofer.

[Mike Smith]

Does NT5b2 support D3D yet?

--
Mike Smith. No, the other one.

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[Abe L. Getchell]

It's been stable enough for me. The only hardwre I can't get working is
my scanner, which comes with a pretty proprietary SCSI card though.
Photoshop 4.0 has crashed a few times, but other then that it has been rock
solid. Office 2000 Beta runs great.

Abe

--
Abe L. Getchell
System Support Services
Kentucky Department of Education
E-Mail: aget...@kde.state.ky.us

Ange Brunner wrote in message <754iek$qs6$2...@news-1.news.gte.net>...

>I wonder if this beta 2 release is really reliable to use every day and
>replace windows 98.
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>Are all the windows 98 drivers will work whith windows NT 5.0 like Mr bill
>told us.
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>abru...@gte.net
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[Xer0]

Does the beta2 support USB???
or direct X 6?
Abe L. Getchell <aget...@kde.state.ky.us> wrote in message
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[Derekmo74]

Beta2 does support USB, DVD, IEEE1394 (Firewire), and yes Direct X 6 is in
there!

[Bjorn Anders Jorgensen]

On Thu, 17 Dec 1998 15:16:18 -0500, "Xer0" <Xe...@purerave.com> wrote:

>Does the beta2 support USB???
>or direct X 6?

[cut]

Both.

- Anders

[Abe L. Getchell]

It does support USB without problems, not sure about DirectX 6 thought.

Abe

--
Abe L. Getchell
System Support Services
Kentucky Department of Education
E-Mail: aget...@kde.state.ky.us

Xer0 wrote in message ...

>Does the beta2 support USB???
>or direct X 6?

[James Quentin]

where can I get NT5? Can't seem to find it anywhere. Could someone please
direct me to it?

[Gareth Jones]

"James Quentin" <che...@usa.net> wrote:

You need to join one of the various MS programs that entitle you to it
- the MS Beta Evaluation program and MSDN are two that I know of. You
have to pay for these (although if you become an MCSE you get a free
year's subscription to the former).

Gareth

[Tim Roberts]

"James Quentin" <che...@usa.net> wrote:

>where can I get NT5? Can't seem to find it anywhere. Could someone please
>direct me to it?

There are two ways to get the Windows 2000 beta:
(1) Sign up for the beta program. Unfortunately, the beta program is
full, so this suggestion is of little help.
(2) Get a subscription to MSDN Professional.

I've found NT5/Win2000 beta 2 to be more stable than Win98, but less stable
than NT4. That's not too surprising.
--
- Tim Roberts, ti...@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

[Jonathan Hassell]

I've heard from more than one person that if you order the HCL on CDs it
comes with the beta. :-) People were surprised when they opened up that
package.

Jonathan Hassell
j...@hassell.com

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