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| Subject: | RE: FLASH: OT: Win98 or Win NT4 or Win 2000 for Flash work station n ???? |
| From: | Williams, Marcus |
| Date: | Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:40:32 +0100 |
I've run Flash, Dreamweaver, Director, Fireworks, Freehand, GoLive,
PhotoShop, Paint Shop, Generator, Homesite and a ton of other apps on
Windows 2000 without any glitches. (Compaq 400mhz, 128-RAM)
I'm on the Windows 2000 testing committee for my site. ;-)
Though I didn't have any problems, I was also very, very careful to avoid
older apps. For instants, Acrobat Reader 3.x will lock it up tight ! If you
think your going to use your father's software on this platform, your
mistaken. (Of course, forcing the entire world to re-write new software for
this is another discussion.)
Our recent meeting with Intel was informative. Based on projected multimedia
and app foot-prints, they are recommending a 900mhz processor and 256 RAM,
(but, of course they are !!!)
400mhz / 128 was fine.
I can confidently say that Macromedia Products and tons of other design /
development software works good on 2000. This comes from installing 10 - 15
programs, one after another, without rebooting. Then doing it again without
removing the first 10 - 15 apps. ;-)
Marcus
-----Original Message-----
From: Mats Persson [mats
imediatec [dot] co [dot] uk (mailto:matsimediatec [dot] co [dot] uk)]Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 2:53 AM
To: flasher
chinwag [dot] comSubject: Re: FLASH: OT: Win98 or Win NT4 or Win 2000 for Flash work
statio n ????
London, 16 June 2000 at 7.05 am
Tim,
I think we all know that most computer systems are stable until you install
that/those offending apps that messes up the whole thing.
I've got a Powerbook G3 and a Blue & White G3 running Mac OS 8.6. Both are
generally very stable and reliable, but a few months ago I tried out
various apps, MP3 rippers, TechTools, etc. and stability went out the window
on my PB G3. The B&W G3 is still chugging along in a 'crash free zone' day
in and day out! (Touch wood ! :P )
As for commenting on the G4's 'instability' I think you're off the mark
there. The G4 is a hardware product. The culprit - I am sure - is Mac OS
9.xx and its various bugs and problems. Apple have unfortunately joined the
vapourware, marketing hype B-S circus started by Billy boy and M$, instead
of concentrating its resources on product quality.
But then they are working hard on Mac OS X, so maybe that's the reason
behind OS 9's weaknesses.
As for Win2K, so far I've only heard 'bad' views of it from a wide range of
trustworthy sources, so I'll leave that one alone until SP 8 is released (if
ever). (63,000 documented bugs ?!! Is someone taking the piss out of its
customers, or what ??!!)
The perceived advantage with a high spec PC (with a large HD) is that I can
install BE OS and Linux on it as well, while I wait for Mac OS X to be
ported officially (or unofficially) to the PC side.
just my 0.01 cents worth of views
regards
Mats
> I had used flash on NT4 SP4-6 and it never gave me any trouble out of the
> ordinary.
>
> I wont mention the brand new G4's running flash (with the mac update) that
> crash three times a day :)
> From: Tim Allan <Tim [dot] Allan
Swish [dot] com [dot] au>> Reply-To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 12:56:24 +1000
> To: "'flasher
chinwag [dot] com'" <flasherchinwag [dot] com>> Subject: RE: FLASH: OT: Win98 or Win NT4 or Win 2000 for Flash work statio
n
> ????
>
> I had used flash on NT4 SP4-6 and it never gave me any trouble out of the
> ordinary.
>
> I wont mention the brand new G4's running flash (with the mac update) that
> crash three times a day :)
>
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Greenberg [macmike
atl [dot] mindspring [dot] com (mailto:macmikeatl [dot] mindspring [dot] com)]> Sent: Thursday, 15 June 2000 11:20 PM
> To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> Subject: Re: FLASH: OT: Win98 or Win NT4 or Win 2000 for Flash work
> station ????
>
>
> Well Mats....
>
> I run Flash mostly on the Mac but I do use it on Wintel when demoing or to
> use Swish and one thing I have noticed is that I get the "Blue Screen of
the
> Death" using NT 4.0 SP6.
>
> I won't get into how I never have probs on my Blue and White G3:)
>
> Michael
>
>> From: Mats Persson <mats
imediatec [dot] co [dot] uk>>> Reply-To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com>> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 07:33:36 +0100
>> To: <flasher
chinwag [dot] com>>> Subject: FLASH: OT: Win98 or Win NT4 or Win 2000 for Flash work station
> ????
>>
>> London, 14 June 2000 at 9.30 am
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Yes, believe it or not, but the day has arrived and I am switching to the
>> 'evil empire' of the PC world. Just ordered my hi spec AMD Athlon beast
> and
>> I'm looking forward to it !!!!!!!
>>
>> Being a virtual 'virgin' in the PC world, I'm on a crash course in
setting
>> up the ** best possible Flash development work station.**
>>
>> With all your experience, should I go for Win 98 (installed) or NT 4 or
> even
>> Win 2000 if I want to run all the flash extras from Swifttools etc. ???
>>
>> Any comments, feedback, news, information, recommended software tools
> would
>> be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mats
>> mats
imediatec [dot] co [dot] uk>>
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