First post, by sgt76
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So, I've been messing about with Windows NT 4 and comparing it with Windows 95 and 98 and have to say that it makes my old PPro 200 perform like never before. Opening multiple applications at the same time? No probs. Need to stop a program that's hung? No prob there too. Everything's so much lighter and smoother it makes me wonder why I didn't discover this years ago .... and it's lighter than Windows 98 to boot!
Of course there are the oft cited drawbacks i.e. no pnp (drivers ARE a pain), dx3 (which I've found a dx5 hacked file to circumvent), limited support for games etc... but seriously...using NT4 I felt like I was using a modern system. I haven't had that same feeling since loading Ubuntu 64 bit on my computer 3 years back.
I am hooked... there's no going back to Windows 95/98 anymore. Well not 98 anyway since at least 95 is light. 98 is as heavy as 2000/ XP once you load stuff on it and slower since it only processes one thing a time.
Anyone else have NT4 experiences to share?
Also, I would be most interested to know which games work on it. That NTCompatible site has made a mess of itself and now even lists 2000/ XP/ Vista games together which makes reading its list a confusing mess.