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Re: Finally: Hebrew under VMware!
> I have a Hebrew-Enabled Lose98 on my Toshiba Laptop (4080XCDT) and I
> don't think I need or can overload its 2Gb reserved for Lose32 with
> Lose2000.
I recommended to prefer Win2000 as a VMware guest over Win98, not
because of Hebrew issues, but because of the following reasons:
1. According to various reports in mailing lists and newsgroups of
VMware, NT runs much better and faster under VMware than Win98
and 95. Win2000 is the latest and the best version of NT.
2. Win2000 is stabler than any other MS OS, even in its beta 3.
3. The main advantage of Win98/95 over NT is the better support
for more hardware devices, plug&play, etc. Since VMware
emulates a closed and specific hardware, which is fully
supported by both Win95/98 AND NT (now including Win2000), this
reason is not relevant anymore.
4. As Linux users, some of us aren't used to the instability of
Win9X, so NT may be more familiar for us.
Of course, if your disk is too small for Linux+Win2000, than these
points are not relevant for you. In addition, don't forget that
Win2000 requires a little more RAM than Win95/98. But once you
have enough memory, Win2000 will outperform Win9X.
P.S. I never installed VMware, nor Win2000 (although I received
the 7 CDROMs beta3), and all the things I wrote here are based on
feedback and impressions of other people.
--
Eli Marmor
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