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Re: Re:Win95: Been there, done that.

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From: Mark Rogers
Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 00:00
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           duff...@studentd.msu.edu "Kerry Anne Duff" writes:

>   Lets see, the other day I was playing Descent while printing a 20-page
> document while running pcAnywhere for DOS in host mode(a customer of mine
....
[blah blah edited]
 
>   Never mind that fact that Win95 cant support this sort of multitasking

You're talking through you bum.

> and that it's interface is an OS/2 rip-off and that it is STILL based on DOS

Oh dear that annoys you?  It is a better interface than OS2.

> and that IT DOES NOT EVEN EXIST AS A RETAIL PRODUCT...... I'd say that you 

Yes believe it or not someone has to write these things.

>   Of course it's slower....it's an honest-to-God 32-bit, preemptive
> multitasking, memory protected operating system. What did you expect?
> I've GOT Win95 and it does not hold a candle to OS/2 in terms of memory

Yeah yeah and I have Warp and it's not being used.

> protection and multitasking....and you have to go into Single Application
> Mode to run most cool DOS games(as well as many cool programs like Autocad12).

When Win95 comes out officially games will be written either exclusively
for it or will be totally compatible in DOS mode.  OS2 does not run games
well no matter how much you bleat about it.
Well the last game I tried Wing Commander 3 ran with intermittent sound 
and video break ups under OS2 no matter what settings I tried.  Under
W95 it ran no problem.

>   Those of you who dont need multitasking and stability can stay with Win3.1 
> and later move to Win95. Those of us who USE our computers will be running 
> OS/2 or NT.

Zzzzz please just wait until it comes out then we shall see.

-- 
Mark Rogers.
- Founder member of VFF - Veggie Freedom Fighters.
- Campaign for humain treatment of vegetables (including lettuce).
- Founder Member of the Society of ONNAOTCOSA. 
  (Oh No Not Another Of Those Crappy OS arguements).
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Subject: Re: Re:Win95:  Been there, done that.
Date: 1995/05/14
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