I've been a bit slow answering this as I was meaning to do some tests of
my own, but as I haven't had the time...
As I understand it, one major factor is that a lot of motherboards only
cache a portion of the memory address space. Windows 95/98/ME have their
memory managed in such a way that
Art wrote:
Does Win 2K require a 133mHz motherboard bus? Can WIN 2K run on a
Celeron system CPU which uses a 66mHz bus?
Does anyone know why a bunch of list messages have been resent? I've just
seen several duplicates. :-7
BTW I just used a PC today which had 96MB of RAM and a Pentium 200MMX
ME is a slight tweak of Windows 98 and hasn't much to do with Windows
2000. They share a new unified device driver model, but that merely means
that you are less likely to find hardware that works on both at the moment
:-(
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In a message dated 03/08/2001 6:42:42 PM
Enoch's Vision, Inc. (Cary Enoch R...) wrote:
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arthur Entlich
Don't you mean "it turns out to be real... expensive... to get that spec
out of it ;-)
I wasn't planning on spending the cost of the scanner a second time to
get it to run at the speced
"Frank Paris" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rob wrote:
It's a better OS overall. MS want to get everyone over into the
NT/Win2K
environment so that can kill off Win9x/ME.
No. They are working on a version of Windows that has a common base from
which they can spin off various scaled versions,
Frank Paris" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 6:49 AM
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
W98SE?
Because Windows 2000 IS robust down to the core, and the new consumer
version will be based on the same engine. So no, I'm n
have today and avoiding to have
them migrating to other platforms / products.
Sincerely.
Ezio
www.lucenti.com e-photography site
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Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 11:19 AM
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Subject: Re: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
W98SE?
Frank, I don't want to go further with something
At 21:28 9/03/2001 -0800, you wrote:
When I installed Win2K I found that it detected my modem and installed
the driver of the modem itself. I thought I might need to turn my house
upside down to find my modem driver diskette. So Win2K might actually has
all the drivers included for you not so
Quoton wrote:
If your mainboard is 133MHz capable you really should take all the
advantage of it now. My Minolta scanner took nearly 2 minutes to scan
a 35mm frame at full resolution on my pC-100 system (dual 550MHz CPU,
512MB PC-100 SDRAM) but with my newly assembled 933MHz single CPU
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Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 2:56 AM
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Subject: Re: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
W98SE?
It's a better OS overall. MS want to get
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Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 2:56 AM
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Subject: Re: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
W98SE?
It's a better OS overall. MS
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From: "Frank Paris" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 6:56 PM
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
W98SE?
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote:
In a message dated 03/07/2001 6:42:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Just in case it hasn't been stated clearly, Win98SE, WinME and Win2K
all
use the same colour management system.
Rob
I was just getting ready to run out and
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Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 5:25 AM
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Subject: Re: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
W98SE?
I don't run a business or NT
Rob Geraghty wrote:
Art wrote:
Does Win 2K require a 133mHz motherboard bus? Can WIN 2K run on a
Celeron system CPU which uses a 66mHz bus?
Win2K doesn't require any particular bus speed. It's just a Microsoft recommendation
- making sure you buy upgrades from their friends at
2) It will use as much RAM as you can pack on a board. Windows 98 and ME
can't really use more RAM than about 256M effectively, but W2K can go all
the way :-)
Can you elaborate on win98's inability to use larger RAM (or refer me to some
discussion on this)?
Thanks.
--
Bob Shomler
Frank writes ...
Photoshop is really not a consumer-level product,
and truly does benefit from Windows 2000.
...
According to threads at the Adobe forum, this fact is highly
dependent on how well Win2k runs with your hardware drivers, and
marginal at best. Win98se is better
Quoton wrote:
No problem with my old machine with PC-100 memory. I don't believe it will
have any problem with PC-66 systems. But honestly Pc-66 systems are very SLOW
comparing to PC-133 systems.
Quoton
My Mainboard is 133 bus, but at the time I bought it and put my system
together
09, 2001 7:47 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
W98SE?
Frank writes ...
Photoshop is really not a consumer-level product,
and truly does benefit from Windows 2000.
...
According to threads at the Adobe forum
Arthur Entlich wrote:
My Mainboard is 133 bus, but at the time I bought it and put my system
together Celerons were the best deal. I'll probably upgrade to a
Pentium III soon, and upgrade some of the memory which is PC 100 (some
is PC133) to PC 133. When I do that I might move to Win
I run 3 PC at home and 3 at work, all using W2k. I will never go back. The
machines are from Pentium 166MMX (overclocked to 200), through Celeron 300
(466) to PIII 800, work various PII and PIII around 400 mark. Memory - the
most important think, get as much as you can squeeze. Mine are at
.
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Subject: Re: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
W98SE?
In a message dated 03/07/2001 6:42:23 PM Eastern
Which would be a reason for dual-boot systems, of course.
Maris
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Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 2:18 PM
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
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| My und
lmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
W98SE?
Which would be a reason for dual-boot systems, of course.
Maris
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Subject: RE: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
W98SE?
My understanding is that Win2K is a replacement upgrade for Win NT. It
Ed wrote:
I was just getting ready to run out and spend $350 (?) on Win2K when I
already have WinMe. What are the advantages to the 2K "pro" version
besides the letters on the box? And who is it useful to?
o Better memory management
o less likely to crash (NT/Win2K has a much more stable
Yes, there may be many good reasons for jumping to Win2K, but if you have
any unsupported software or 'legacy' hardware, it may not be the best
decision at all.. I would much rather read a list of reasons NOT to
upgrade, from an unbiased source, before leaping!
If I want to know the good
2001 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
W98SE?
| Ed wrote:
| I was just getting ready to run out and spend $350 (?) on Win2K when I
|
| already have WinMe. What are the advantages to the 2K "pro" version
| besides the letters on the box?
"Check Hardware and Software Compatibility"
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/upgrade/compat/default.asp
Maris
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From: "Mark Thomas" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 9:57 PM
Subject: RE: filmscanners
Frank writes ...
Windows 2000 is in every way superior.
But it handles color management the same as Win98se ...
shAf :o)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ALLM Rose
I am considering whether to reload Win98SE, WinMe or Win2000 Professional on
my Athlon 700 (256MB SDRAM) system. I am currently using Win98SE, Adobe
Photoshop 6.0, printing with an Epson 870 through WiziWYG color profiles,
and scanning
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Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 1:44 PM
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Subject: Re: filmscanners: Anyone using Win2K? Does is manage color like
W98SE?
Is a PC100 chip sufficient for Win2K? Microsoft's site recommends the PC133
minimum
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Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 8:40 AM
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W98SE
Art wrote:
Does Win 2K require a 133mHz motherboard bus? Can WIN 2K run on a
Celeron system CPU which uses a 66mHz bus?
Win2K doesn't require any particular bus speed. It's just a Microsoft recommendation
- making sure you buy upgrades from their friends at Intel and other chip
manufacturers.
Arthur Entlich wrote:
IronWorks wrote:
Is a PC100 chip sufficient for Win2K? Microsoft's site recommends the PC133
minimum.
Another possibility for some might be a dual boot system with 98SE and also
2K.
Maris
Does Win 2K require a 133mHz motherboard bus? Can WIN 2K
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