[Scgeeks] Re: Opinion wanted on new PC

[Ant]

"C. S." wrote:

> If I'm not mistaken, NT 3 was actually in use before Win95 even
> hit the market.

Yes, 1993.

> It seemed to have been spawned from Win3.x,
> at least from a GUI standpoint.

Similar GUI but completely new OS.

> Wasn't it also a 16-bit OS, with NT 4 being the 32-bit?

No, it was 32-bit.

> I've also heard it said, from several sources, that "NT" was a moniker
> meant to indicate "New Technology."

Yup.

Get it from the horse's mouth here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/WinHistoryDesktop.mspx