On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 15:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anne Wilson said: > > >> Just browsing their webpage, they don't seem to have support for > >> anything buy 95,98 or ME. Are you talking about one in beta? > > > > I may have to grovel on this one. I was speaking from memory, but > > I > > can't find the newletter I was thinking of - I must have deleted > > it. > > I know they were talking about DirectX improvements, but I could > > be > > totally wrong about W2K and XP. Sorry. > > > > As I said, win98SE is 100% stable for me under win4lin, but I > > recognise that that is no help if you need to read ntfs > > directories, > > or own a copy of w2k but not win98. > > > > Sorry if I misled you. > > No, not a bit. I shouldn't be slamming win4lin, it is a good > product; I actually bought a couple of versions (aarrggh, the cat > is stepping on my keyboard, looking for attention - wow, is she > persistent!)
You need to see this cartoon then. http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/index.html > quite some time ago. I switched to vmware about 6 > months ago and I'm actually planning on paying for it, as soon as > I come up with the money! It supports everything; I was really > impressed with it's ability to run multiple os's at the same time. > The price is quite a bit higher for it though, hence why I > haven't paid for it yet. I guess it's kind of apples and oranges > as far as target users though. My point was simply that they need > to come out with ntfs support soon (win4lin that is) because > people are going to be using what they have available and it will > most likely be nt based, as well as software titles which people > will most likely be running will probably stop being win98 > compatible. My understanding is that the problem is ntfs support in the linux kernel as they use this to access rather than a translation layer. I've been using Win4Lin since pre 1.0 days and love it. I do agree for the need to get beyond ME though. However the most advanced windows I own is 98 *grin*. As for VMWare. They picked me off when I had a download version (with a real serial number bought and paid for) and then when I tried to get a copy of my serial through them (lost during a HDD crash ) they just told me "tough luck buy a new copy) the Win4Lin people on the other hand gave me my number. James > > -- > Michael Holt > Snohomish, WA (o_ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ > www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrake.com > ============================================================< > A cynic is a person searching for an honest man, with a stolen > lantern. > -- Edgar A. Shoaff > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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