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Re: Windows 95 & OS/2

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From: morp...
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 00:00
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In <435n82$c...@pike.ntnet.nt.ca>, xjer...@ssimicro.com (Jeremy Petrisor) writes:

>come to for answers.  So an "elite" or somehow "more professional" OS, one to 
>do "real work on", is needed, and the commoners can go get Win 95.  I have 
>heard the argument from both the internet at large and more than one of my 
>OS/2-using collegues that Win 95 is "too user friendly".  I don't know if 
>that's what the Warp-users on this thread are thinking, but I hope not.

    Nope, not me.  I contend that OS/2 is the superior product and should be
the one being used.  Not one that was hyped to death and has many
shortcomings.

>I, for one, have had nothing but good experiences with Win 95, from the simple 
>install on up to now.

    Simple install, check.


>I can play memory-hogs like Dark Forces straight from
>windows, without even having to restart in DOS mode.

    Memeory hogs, check.

>6.x), GPFs are non-existent, the program just gets shut down,

    No GPFs, check.

>Windows.  Maybe Warp does all this, but as we just got it and I don't use it at 
>home,

    I thought we were talking about Warp.  ;)

>it file managing or whatever, was right in front of me.  I had to poke around 
>for a while just to find Warp's file manager.

    Warps' file manager is in the drives folder right off the desktop.  I'd
call that right in front of you.  Of course I slapped that into my 'unused'
folder and currently use FM/2.  :)

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Subject: Re: Windows 95 & OS/2
Date: 1995/09/13
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