Re: Win95 vs. NT 4 on Thinkpad

[Rick Tait <rickt@king.net>]

I thought MS did indeed include limited plug n play at the last minute in
NT 4.0????

-Rick

On Wed, 4 Sep 1996, Steve Hultquist wrote:

> >>>>> "Mark" == Mark M Ingerman <ingerman@chelsea.ios.com> writes:
> 
>  Mark> With the recent announcement of NT 4.0 availability, I am pondering
>  Mark> installing NT 4.0 on my thinkpad ( certain applications I need won't run
>  Mark> under Win95 ).  The only problem is that Microsoft seems to be back
>  Mark> peddleing on that availability of the notebook power support and the
>  Mark> plug and play support.
> 
> There is no plug and play or APM in NT 4.0 (I'm running it as one of the two
> OSs on my CX right now).  There doesn't seem to be any NT 4.0 support for
> Thinkpads, yet, either, and I don't know if the current NT utilities will run
> under 4.0.  Be forewarned that it takes more memory than 95, but it's also more
> stable.
> 
>  Mark> Looks like Microsoft has done it again.  I am caught between a rock and
>  Mark> a hard place.  Any input would be appreciated.  After all, I may be
>  Mark> missinterpreting the trade rags.  I would be interested in hearing some
>  Mark> pros and cons on Win95 vs. NT 4.0 for Thinkpads.
> 
> Run Linux (the other OS I run on my CX)?
> 
> ssh
>