From:	leathm AT solwarra DOT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au (Leath Muller)
Message-Id:	<199705150102.LAA23985@solwarra.gbrmpa.gov.au>
Subject:	Re: OpenDOS graphics drivers
To:	yeep AT xs4all DOT nl
Date:	Thu, 15 May 1997 11:02:50 +1000 (EST)
Cc:	pierre AT tycho DOT com, opendos AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.SUN.3.93.970514094722.23563A-100000@xs1.xs4all.nl> from "yeep@xs4all.nl" at May 14, 97 09:49:06 am

> > NT 4.0 has DirectX 2 (bits of it anyway) built into the operating system.
> > WinQuake runs just as fast on NT 4.0 as it does on Win95...
 
> Not entirely true!
> Windows NT does more housekeeping than Windows 95 does.
> This makes it more stable, but less fast.

WinNT has a completely different kernel and will run 32 bit stuff better
than Win95... (mind you, I still have better multitasking under DOS and LWP
though... :)  I think the overhead of the 'housekeeping' is overestimated
by a lot of people...

Leathal.

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