visitors systems (a lot of Windows NT )

hi, does anyone know why I get so many visitors using Windows NT 5.1 or 5 to
my website ?

I admit I am from a Mac background and so know little about people's preferences
for Windows. But I thought most people would be using the general consumer
versions of Windows like Windows XP, Windows 98, Win 2000, etc.

Is this a bug in one of these versions of windows or browsers that reports
their systems as NT when it is really Windows XP or something ?

I thought NT was more a 'serious version of Windows'...like Windows trying
to be UNIX, and used for server applications etc. I can't believe from my
stats and my own logging scripts that most of these people are using NT when
I am just running a general fun website, not a heavy tech site.

Please give me some insight here,

Many thanks !

Chris

Chris Donald wrote:
 > hi, does anyone know why I get so many visitors using Windows NT 5.1
 > or 5 to my website ?
 >
 > I admit I am from a Mac background and so know little about people's
 > preferences for Windows. But I thought most people would be using
 > the general consumer versions of Windows like Windows XP, Windows 98,
 > Win 2000, etc.

NT5 => Win2k
NT5.1 => WinXP

 > Is this a bug in one of these versions of windows or browsers that
 > reports their systems as NT when it is really Windows XP or something
 > ?

It really is NT

 > I thought NT was more a 'serious version of Windows'...

95/98/ME was an aberration

 > like Windows trying to be UNIX,

foolish boy

 > and used for server applications etc. I can't
 > believe from my stats and my own logging scripts that most of these
 > people are using NT when I am just running a general fun website, not
 > a heavy tech site.

propeller-heads like to have fun too.

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