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by SxC97 1258 days ago
>rock solid release

They’re obviously not referring to Windows…
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grumpyprole 1258 days ago
NT4 was a rock solid release actually and significantly more stable than anything Apple offered at the time.
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KerrAvon 1258 days ago
if we’re going to make nonsequitur Apple comparisons, we should note that it was compatible with almost no existing programs, unlike Apple’s contemporary offerings
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grumpyprole 1258 days ago
> it was compatible with almost no existing programs

I'm not sure where you got this from. When I used it, I didn't observe any compatibility problems.

> unlike Apple’s contemporary offerings

Apple have a history of breaking third party apps, far more than Microsoft.

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Terretta 1257 days ago
It wasn't until XP that most people could run popular DOS and Win95-ware on NT.
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hnfong 1257 days ago
There's probably quite a few games and programs that didn't run on NT, but I haven't actually encountered any of those for NT4. I had great memories playing unreal tournament on some NT4 machines in a computer lab (while we were supposed to be taking lessons).

FWIW Win2k (aka NT5) compatibility was great. I lived on it for a while before I completely migrated away from Windows ~2002.

For all their flaws, Microsoft took compatibility very seriously back then, I suspect the "incompatibility" part is a bit overblown and didn't affect as many users as we might perceive..

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