🚀 go-pugleaf

vme...@cs.utwente.nl (Richard R. van Meurs) wrote:
>In article <3nj6n6$l...@krypton.hpc.sdsmt.edu>, dmp...@silver.sdsmt.edu (Derik Pates) writes:
>
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>|> You're SLIGHTLY right. Part of Windows is still 16-bit. But, it's mostly 
>|> 32-bit code now. It has pre-emptive multitasking, multithreading, and 
>|> various other features. Also, no one mentions Plug & Play. Gamers will 
>|> love this for not having to screw around with their new hardware on new 
>|> machines. And, even if you have an older system and/or older hardware, 
>|> Windows 95's Plug and Play will STILL help to make things easier for the 
>|> average user, with better detection and some diagnostics for address, 
>|> IRQ and DMA conflicts. This is better than what OS/2 Warp can muster. 
>|> I'll be getting my preview copy of Windows '95 very soon, and I'm sure 
>|> I'll never look at Warp after I start running Win '95.
>|> 
>|> Derrik Pates
>|> dmp...@silver.sdsmt.edu
>
>Plug and Play sounds real nice, but I think nobody needs it. Why? There are
>basically two kinds of computer users. The first kind knows all IO port addresses
>and stuff, and as such doesn't need P&P. The second kind knows next to nothing
>about the inside of a computer, and they probably buy a computer that has
>everything installed. Even if they buy something new (say a soundcard or CDROM),
>the suppliers of the hardware usually want to install the new item for them at
>a minimal charge. Therefore they don't need P&P either. A very small group of
>computer users may not fit in either catagories, but why not let 'the
>professional' handle your stuff if you're not completely sure what you need to
>do? Installing a P&P device still means opening your PC and inserting it, so it'll
>probably be too difficult for somebody without some knowledge on the hardware
>itself.
>And what if two P&P devices do not work together for some reason? Surely you can't
>change jumpers or something, as they're meant to configure themselves. The only
>solution would be to remove one of them and buy another one, defeating the entire
>idea of P&P.
>
>In short, I don't thing P&P is that big an issue, and we don't need it either. If
>you don't like looking at the inside of your computer, don't mess with it I say.
>Leave the upgrading to people who know what they're doing (by the way, personally
>I know my way around the inside of my PC quite well).
>
>
>Just my HFl 0.02
>
>Richard van Meurs (vme...@cs.utwente.nl)
No way.  Just because of a) the people who know computers know about dma and io, doesn't mean they 
have to go through the same pain in the ass to configure a device.  And b)people who don't know, 
how in the hell do you think they learn about the inside of the computers and dma and io, and not 
to mention learn how to save thier money?  Do you think they buy some cutesy little cdrom that 
says "see inside of computer.  see disk spin", or maybe, just maybe, they actually try to tough it 
out themselves, and get it right, and get a great satisfaction + knowledge?  Jeesh, "I think P&P 
is useless".how dumb
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