Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 02:11:08 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - NT and Windows on G3 Keyword: Advocacy, Why Macs Are Better This tidbit is from: Gary Zak I just saw a demonstration of a G3 tower (266 Mhz) running "Virtual PC". The boys at WestWorld computers in Victoria, BC, loaded Windows NT Server in about four minutes into the Mac and hooked the G3 up to a Powerbook 3400 as client. The Powerbook's Chooser recognized both the "NT" server and the "G3 Mac" server. Then they saved the "PC state" as a file (that's how Virtual PC does it) and knocked out NT Server. Server down? - no problem! Double click on the "Saved PC state" file and 6.5 seconds later the NT server was up and running again. Recover Windows 95? - 7.5 seconds. It appears that the best machine to run NT or Win95 on is the G3. Seems to be more stable and more easily recoverable upon calamity than when running on Pentium iron. Apart from politics, there really isn't much reason to run either OS anyway, but if you have to, why not buy "Virtual PC" and get Windows 95 included, cheaper than Windows 95 by itself! Are you a teacher teaching PC networking? Give every kid a Mac (180 Mhz minimum), a copy of Virtual PC, and a "Saved PC state" file with some known problem to solve. If he/she wrecks that NT file, he/she's back at it in 6.5 seconds. Disclaimer: I am a math teacher in Victoria, BC, who doubles as the MacLab techie in my school. I have no affiliation with Apple computer other than an intense desire that they continue to put out the best education computers in the world. __________________________ Digital Guy Sez: Ok, so it's sounding like it's a great alternative to running a second pentium based box. Buut what about performance? Does anyone have an URL for some definitive benchmarks on how well NT runs on a G3 (with and without the Finder)?