rec.autos.simulators

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B2 is just fine.

SoftMac is  . . . well, SoftMac . . .

And farewell Fusion. But you could make a DOS partition with Partition
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But you're about to learn."  
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Works great for me.  Excellent stability, great speed, and fantastic
compatibility.  Probably not quite as great shakes for Win2K users,
but I'd reccommend that anyone stick their WinME CDs in the microwave
for a few minutes -- during which they should install XP.  Maybe even
98 users... the 9x series has always had utterly brain-dead memory
management.

Still, though I've had a few problems with a select few emulators, the
vast majority thus far have run as good or better than they did on
WinME (DOS emulators in particular).  I'm not ordinarily the sort of
person to say anything nice about Microsoft products -- if anything, I
could have written a book of profanities directed at Microsoft by now.
XP however has impressed me enough to actually install, run, and
<gasp> LIKE it. And that's something I _never_ thought I'd do to a
Microsoft product.  Like it, that is.

Activation can be a bit of a pain, but for the most part it's not as
bad as everyone thinks.

1) No private information is sent.  Only an encrypted string
containing numerical values representing your system configuration at
the time of activation.
2) Although you may not change more than 3 components under XP without
re-activating, this configuration snapshot is reset every 120 days.
Every 120 days, a new snapshot is taken of your config, providing you
with a further three, activation-free upgrades to the system.  Only
major components are recorded: Hard disk(s), video card, sound card,
modem, NIC, RAM, CPU, CD-ROM/R/DVD-ROM/R, motherboard, and monitor.
USB, removable (ZIP/JAZ/SHARQ, etc.) and other external devices, such
as mice, scanners, printers, cable/DSL modems (only the NIC is
recorded), and *** devices, are not recorded.  For portable
computers (Laptops/notebooks) the upgrade limit is 6, not 3.  In
addition, the Windows license provides installation on one desktop and
one portable device simultaneously with a single XP package.  The 120
day rule also applies to portable devices, and its activation is not
based on system configuration; instead, it records the BIOS
information and uses that for a snapshot.  This means swappable
notebook devices (CD/DVD-ROM/Floppy, as well as PCMCIA devices) do not
affect your activation at all.

Now, I'm not condoning WPA -- I still think it's a bad idea and will
work to hurt sales of the OS, but despite that, I think the benefits
of XP over previous consumer versions of the Windows OS (NT/2000
notwithstanding) far outweigh the inconvenience of WPA.  NT/2000 users
do have reasons to upgrade to XP, but I think in the end those reasons
are probably not significant enough to make it worth the while for
many happy NT/2K users.  The strongest seller for XP I think is its
stability.  NT/2000 already enjoy this, but 9x/Me users will find
infinitely greater stability and control over misbehaved applications
than they ever did with 9x/Me, and _NO_ resource leaks and frequent
reboots.  I can run for weeks without requiring a single reboot,
something I could only ever dream about with previous versions of
Windows, and even installing newer software packages using Windows
Installer or newer versions of Installshield/WISE don't require
rebooting to complete installation, as registered components integrate
dynamically and immediately into the system, not at reboot.  The only
time rebooting is needed for tasks requiring that an active, locked
drive be dismounted (such as converting to/from NTFS, or
resizing/altering partitions in Partition Magic).  And the
compatibility, all things considered, is outstanding, surpassing 2K by
light years, and even giving greatly improved compatibility over Me --
I'm able to run stuff Me choked to death on.

I think that for the first time in my life, even if Microsoft weren't
giving me a copy for free, I'd still buy it.  For once, it's actually
worth my money.

Mindfield
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