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...Attorney General Janet Reno, a 1963 Harvard Law School graduate, had her assistant tell The Crimson that "Ms. Reno has not followed the games closely enough to make a prediction...
...area in which NT shines compared to its MS-DOS-based cousin is in multi-tasking, or the ability to run more than one program at a time...
...first thing that distinguishes the two programs is that NT is a stand-alone operating system, while Windows runs on top of MS-DOS. Because its core sections (known as the kernel to computer professionals) were written from scratch, NT is free of all the quirks and limitations for which MS-DOS has gained much notoriety...
...only powerful operating system for Intel-based PCs on the market these days. IBM's OS/2 2.1, probably NT's most serious competitor, features robust performance, excellent multi-tasking capabilities and flawless execution of MS-DOS programs. But its installation is a pain--you have to deal with 25 disks!--and it lacks a great many device drivers to support a wide class of peripherals...
...wide acceptance of NT may be hindered by its high demands on the hardware and the $499 price tag. For most PC users, MS-DOS is still the best environment available...