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Article #5170Re: Well, after checking out OS/2... Win95 is better
From: to... Jason Hardt
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 00:00
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 00:00
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>In <DEIBG...@news.cis.umn.edu>, Jon <rein...@maroon.tc.umn.edu> writes:
>OS/2 may be more robust, but Win95 sure has it's qualities. I
>mean, what is a power user? I am running a P90 with 16MB, and
>I am multitasking the following:
>-A file search
>-MS Word
>-Netscape
>-Eudora
>-Slip Connection
>-Virus Shield
>-Powerpoint
>-Visual Basic
>-Free Agent
>-WinZip
>-Paint Shop Pro
>-Solitiare
>-Win-HTTPD Server
>Without _any_ slowdown... So, if a "power user" uses more then
>that, please let me know. What I'm saying is, I like Win95
>much much better.
Are you actually multitasking or just task switching? i.e. Are those
programs in the backround actually doing anything? I find it very
doubtfull that all those programs are actually doing something.
sbr...@new-orleans.neosoft.com (Steve C. Brown) writes:
>OS discussions, I've found one thing to be prevalent...Most OS/2 users haven't
>tried Win95 on their own computers, but most Win95 users HAVE tried OS/2. I
I am satisfied with OS/2 as my OS. Why should I screw up my
whole system, not to mention shelling out $100, just to try Win95?
And your claim that most Win95 users have tried OS/2 is total FUD.
--
Jason Hardt 'Meek and obedient you follow the leader,
to...@expert.cc.purdue.edu Down well-trodden corridors
Team OS/2 Into the valley of steel'
Mithril Dragon -==(UDIC)==-
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