NT 4 Server on a laptop???

[jharrison]

I want to install NT on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 7500). I know that Workstation would be the better choice, but what I'm wondering is if Server would work. I would be using a PCMCIA network card and that's the only hang up I can think of. It won't be used as a file server or anything like that. I would actually have it on there for testing purposes. It's just that there are some tools in Server and in the Server resource kit that I would really like to use so I'd rather not go with Workstation. Let me know.

[medo]

Hello,

Yes, you can (I know for some Toshiba laptops eg Tecra), but NT is not so friendly oriented for a laptop. Use it for testing purposes and prepare all necessary drivers for NT.

Medo

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[Joel Kleppinger]

Windows 2000 is far better for laptop use. I would recommend that instead, if possible.

[nilknarf]

medo, it sounds like you've done this before.

Joel touches on a good point. Why use NT when 2K has replaced it? If you have tho buy a new license anyways, go for 2K.

BTW, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you run many of those tools on workstation (NT4/2K)??

Tim

[linux_guru]

Why would you want to run NT Server on a laptop ????????????? Who or what are you going to serve ??

The only difference between NT w/station & NT server, is a bit of extra software and a few registry mods. So, the answer to your question is - Yes, it can be done, but like Joel says - W2K is a better option. NT is starting to show it's age and M$ are no longer releasing service packs (fixes) for it.

[Nighthawk]

Setting aside the differences between NT4 and W2K, there are really no reasons that server wouldn't work.

It'll have higher resource requirements than workstation, but I the PDC for the machine I'm on now is a 486 with probably 16 MB of RAM and it works fine (4-5 computer domain).