Windows2000 and Toshiba 4080XCDT

[Marc]

Please some information

I have an Toshiba 4080XCDT

At this moment i am using windows95
Is it a good decision to upgrade to windows2000 Professional ?
do i need to upgrade bios before installing windows2000 Professional ?

thanks in advance

Marc.

[Joe Farkas]

There's no real answer to that, it depends on what programs you normally
run, and what hardware you have.
Win2000 is a major upgrade to WinNT4.0. But that's the point, It is windows
NT. and Windows NT will not run all of the programs that Win 95 or 98 will,
and even in time a lot of these programs will never be updated to run on
Win2000. If you play a lot of games, I wouldn't upgreade to Win2K, I'd
stick with the mainstream, and either switch to 98, or wait for Microsoft to
upgrade 98, which should come along sometime late next year, with any luck
on their part. Windows, and WindowsNT are both evolving but along different
paths. WIndows 98 and 95 are consumer products, and Win2K is a buisness OS,
like its predacessors WinNT4, and WinNT3.5X.
If all you do is to get on line on the internet, work in a Local area
network, run word processors, and spreadsheets, then Win2K is a vast
improvement over the 95, 98 OS's.
Here's what to do. Go on line, and check the compatability of your
software, including any upgrades the software vendors have for the programs
you run. Also visit the Microsoft site, and check their hardware
compatability section of their Win2000 documentation, to see if your video
card, modem, any special devices like DVD players, ce writers/rewriters,
scanners, etc have software drivers that will install in the Win2K OS.
I have win2K and 98 on my system, and i use Win98 most of the time, in fact
I have used Win2k only for software development, which is what I used
WinNT4.0 for. I had to purchase a new video card because of compatability.
My old video card, Milenium Matrox G200 had drivers for win2K from the
manufacturer, but the screen at resolutions above 800 by 640, was squirely
at best. Lines would appear in the desktop whin I clicked the mouse, or on
extensive hard drive operation. also I have to run my Plustek scanner in
Win 98, and Chess master will only run in 95 or 98.
If you really want to try it, you can dual boot for a while until you get
yoru system, hardware, and program software upgrades the way you want them.
Or you can do like me , dual boot FOREVER. ???????????????
I'm not truing to discourage you from doing what I am already doing here, so
by all means, If you really want a stable OS, Do it, but be ware of the
problems involved, and research your hardware and software "Programs" before
you buy and install Win2K. If you do install it, and have any problems,
There is a lot of help on line, but some things will never be supported on
any NT OS.
Good luck.
Joe Farkas
fark...@msn.com

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[Trevarthenson Virgil]

On Saturday, 17 June 2000 at 12:00:00 UTC+5, Marc wrote:
> Please some information
> I have an Toshiba 4080XCDT
> At this moment i am using windows95
> Is it a good decision to upgrade to windows2000 Professional ?
> do i need to upgrade bios before installing windows2000 Professional ?
>
> thanks in advance
> Marc.

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