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*ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]>wrote: > Well now you can have mine weather you want them or not:**** > > ** ** > > - Vastly improved GUI (bye bye ProgMan & FileMan)**** > > - Plug-N-Play**** > > - Power Management (you can finally use this thing on a laptop)**** > > - AD**** > > - MMC**** > > - EFS**** > > - Dynamic Disks**** > > - Fat32 support**** > > - USB support**** > > - UDF support (DVDs!)**** > > - WFP**** > > - WMI**** > > - WDM introduced (Finally Win2K device driver development became an equal > citizen for developers)**** > > - Quotas**** > > -Legit DirectX**** > > - WSH**** > > - Group Policy**** > > -Offline Files**** > > -RDP/Terminal services in base edition**** > > -DFS**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > While each new version of Windows has a laundry-list of new features, and > there are a bunch of other ones in Win2K I didn’t list (MSMQ, etc…), that > subset I just listed are ones that made a significant tangible difference > in the experience to me…. Major improvements.**** > > ** ** > > And the thing was pretty darn fast and stable. Heck I ran betas 1-3 for a > year or better before release and they were pretty rock solid.**** > > ** ** > > I’d argue Win2K may have been the single most significant release since NT > was born.**** > > ** ** > > -sc**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Rankin, James R [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 08, 2012 10:46 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts?**** > > ** ** > > I thought 2K was sh!t. I've had everyone else's thoughts on this already > though. But I still hate it. :-)**** > > ---Blackberried**** > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Steven M. Caesare" <[email protected]> **** > > *Date: *Thu, 8 Mar 2012 10:40:08 -0500**** > > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]>**** > > *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected] > >**** > > *Subject: *RE: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts?**** > > ** ** > > > 2000 not so good**** > > ** ** > > Wait, what?**** > > ** ** > > -sc**** > > ** ** > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 05, 2012 3:22 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts?**** > > ** ** > > Maybe everyone's just pensive because Microsoft have a habit of following > good OSes with bad. NT4 good - 2000 not so good - XP/2003 good - > Vista/Server 2008 pants - 7/Server 2008 R2 good - 8 ?**** > > On 5 March 2012 20:00, John Hornbuckle <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > As an enterprise, I’m very concerned about the learning curve, too.**** > > **** > > But at some point, you have to finally break away from the past even if it > involves a steep learning curve. The jump from DOS to Win3x required quite > a bit of retraining, as did the jump from Win3x to Win95. Both of those > were fairly radical moves, and things have stayed relatively static since > Win95 with the old familiar Start button in the lower-left corner.**** > > **** > > Maybe it’s time for a big shift.**** > > **** > > **** > > John**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* Dan Bartley [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 05, 2012 2:46 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Win 8 CP - Initial thoughts?**** > > **** > > I have to say my initial reaction is good for tabs. Like John, I can’t > wait to see some of the new tablets. **** > > **** > > As for Enterprise, I don’t see Win8 making its mark if it stays the > current course. In fact I have a feeling it will go the way of Vista in the > Enterprise. It is too limiting and non-intuitive. It requires a complete > retraining for users and very few IT people have the time for that. The CP > also lacks some key domain support at the moment, such as in the printer > and file sharing areas, so maybe next version I will change my mind. Then > again, they really ditched the enterprise in Windows Phone in my opinion, > so maybe they won’t improve on that.**** > > **** > > Best Regards, > > Dan Bartley**** > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
