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Old 12-26-2004, 11:31 AM   #15
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Because it's a true 32 bit operating system (based on the NT kernel instead of the Win9x kernel on top of DOS) where all applications run in their own protected memory space. If an application crashes, it doesn't crash the whole OS, you won't have to reboot to get everything back.
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