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Article #512Re: Win95: Been there, done that.
From: cnkoh
Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 00:00
Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 00:00
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In <3olrkh$5...@news.infoserve.net>, sl...@unix.infoserve.net (Slang) writes: >How will increasing the swap file make OS/2 faster,wouldn't it just >increase the amount of memory available as a swap file and therefore >allow you to open a larger program or graphics file?I don't see how it >would increase the speed.For what it's worth a magazine up here in Canada >did extensive comparison tests between beta Win95,OS/2 and System 7.5 for >Mac and they determined thet Win95 is faster and less demanding than OS/2. >Win95 is also more robust according to them but they did say that both >operating systems had their good and bad points.Remember though that >Win95 is still beta so I am sure the final product will be improved from >what it is now.That's my 0.02 cents worth. > > Steve Increasing swapfile in OS/2 doesn't mean decreasing in speed, OS/2 use different technique in swapping datas as compared to windows 3.1. Size of swapfiles is often determined by system configurations. Please read the OS/2 instructions AND try out youreself in the OS/2 environment B4 making such comments. Note that even the location of the swapfile will determine the overall performance of OS/2. Hopes this answer your BASHING :-) P.S Don't post Advaocay remarks over one thousand and one places, you are wasting people's time and filling garbbages all over. Following up with all your newsgroup list to ensure you read it. Last Statement said. I'm not an advocate of any sort and will not followup on this thread. I'm sure Tean OS/2 members will be very happy to enlighten you with regard to OS/2. :-)
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From: cnkoh@singnet.com.sg@singnet.com.sg Subject: Re: Win95: Been there, done that. Date: 1995/05/13 Message-ID: <3p3h53$4vp@lantana.singnet.com.sg> X-Deja-AN: 102568355 references: <3mtquj$hq2@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> <3n3j7a$12em@bubba.ucc.okstate.edu> <3n4ff7$g01@news.iastate.edu> <3o2tie$bbj@bs33n.staffs.ac.uk> <3o3cpf$j01@news.iastate.edu> <fortsa.36.799459346@wwc.edu> <3ojd8n$9q0@snoopy.feldspar.com> <3olrkh$5q@news.infoserve.net> organization: Singapore Telecom Internet Service reply-to: cnkoh@singnet.com.sg@singnet.com.sg newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.os.os2.games MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit