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Re: Well, after checking out OS/2... Win95 is better

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From: to... Jason Hardt
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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Subject: Re: Well, after checking out OS/2... Win95 is better
Date: 1995/09/10
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