Dumb newbie like question #11586, 1686

[Aaron Grewell]

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> > If I ever learn this Linux stuff well enough, maybe I will set it p as a
> > server.  Funny, I origionally bought it because I heard the P-Pro's were
> > optimized for Windows NT (which I used in my business).  Scary days!

What they meant by that was that PPro did a great job with 32-bit code (WinNT 
is straight 32-bit) but ran slowly with 16-bit code (Win9x had lots of it) so 
it ran the mainstream OSes badly, but NT pretty well.  That relegated the 
PPro to mostly server and midrange workstation tasks and limited sales quite 
a lot.  As a result, the 16-bit code paths were substantially optimized for 
the release of the Pentium II.  MS also spent more time getting rid of 16-bit 
code in the Win9x series.  It was market-speak alright, but how else do you 
explain such things to those who don't know?