[Discussion] Winblows Tax Programs

[Chuck McKinnis]

Douglas Clark wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:11:46 -0500, John Kozacik wrote:
> 
>> The impression I got was that 2000 was smaller and a bit less fat than XP and
>> quite a step up from NT on which it is based.
> 
> If you are simply looking for something to run Win32 programs under VirtualPC, WinNT 
> is smaller than Win2000, or WinXP or Vista. The advantages are:
> 
> 1) uses less memory,
> 2) boots up faster.
> 
> The disadvantages (ok - I don't have time to list them all, but here are a few)
> 
> 1) some newer Windows software will not run on WinNT, especially the software that 
> requires digital security stuff, e.g. iTunes.
> 
> 
> If you are running under VirtualPC and NOT using Windows to access the internet, I 
> would think that virus problems will be minimal.
> 
> I have both WinNT and Win2K installed under VirtualPC. I use WinNT for everything 
> that does not require Win2K.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Douglas Clark

The other advantage is that you can pick up a copy of WinNT from eBay 
for about $10 (or maybe even free from one of your friends).

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