On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 09:36:35 -0500
Gérard Perreault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lots of mail about MDK 8.2 not working well. Don't know why. Maybe those
> people are stressing their hardware to the limit. As for me, 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2
> worked perfectly. I can't say the same for my office computer which is
> Windows 2000. But this is not why I write.
>
> I just found out that the new line of Intel chips may not run Windows 95. I
> found out using VMware that the Pentium 4 no longer supported Windows 95 and
> that you could not expect to install it on a pentium 4. My VMware under Linux
> is configured to use Windows 95 for the sole purpose of using MS-Office Word
> and Excel (which Star Office could have replaced if it wasn't for some
> merging I do between Excel and Word). That means that if I upgrade my
> computer to a pentium 4, I may be forced to buy Windows 98, unless the
> pentium 5 does not support it by that time.
>
Do not hold your breath.
MS no longer supports Win95 so do not look for others to do so.
Moreover if they maintain their schedule in late 2003 they will cease to support Win98.
Charles
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