Re: Win95 a TRUE OS? Help a newbie!

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From: fit...
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 00:00

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In <41dm7c$c...@news.swcbbs.com>, bz...@unix.swcbbs.com (Ben Zell) writes:
>TO: A...@MROUND.BT.CO.UK
>
>On 08-22-95, a...@mround.bt.co.uk  wrote to Unknown  about Re: Win95 a 
>TRUE OS? Help...
>
>a> > Better than OS/2?   No.
>
>a> Define 'The best..' 
>a> GUI wise it's a LOT better than OS/2.
>
>Am I the only one that HATES OS/2?  Its buggy as hell and its hard to 
>find what you're looking for.  Sound gets fucked up when you run Windows 
>programs, it has to load windows every time you open a Windows program.  
>You still have the windows setup programs which makes things confusing, 
>no Win32 support... and on and on.  I'd rather use DOS 2.11 and Windows 
>3.0 than OS/2.  Windows 95 looks like there are no disadvantages, just 
>changes for the better.
>
>>en >ell - bz...@unix.swcbbs.com
Have you tried Warp because it sounds like you have no Idea what you are saying.
I have used OS/2 since 2.1 and it has none of the problems you discussed.  Unless you
only have the basic system required to run it.  Win-OS2 is a 32bit windows clone that
has none of the bugs of the MS 3.x line.

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From: fit...@osu.edu
Subject: Re: Win95 a TRUE OS? Help a newbie!
Date: 1995/08/24
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