From:	"Chris Jones" <cj7 AT ukc DOT ac DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Win 2000 & Djgpp
Date:	Tue, 15 Feb 2000 16:21:40 -0000
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> > Windows 2000 has the Hibernate mode
> Doesn't 9x have that too?  I put my laptop on standby, and it saves
> the RAM to disk.  Next time I switch on, it loads all the RAM from
> the hard drive.

Yes, you're right. But Win2000 supports it for desktop computers too.

> >IMO, Win2000 is good value for money.
>
> If you're thinking about supported apps per OS dollar spent,
> Linux + Wine is a better value.

It was a figure of speech. No, I wouldn't pay the $87 price for Win2000,
because I don't think that an operating system is worth that much money. How
good is Wine at running Win32 apps?

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