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In article <3muf9d$1...@agate.berkeley.edu>, drk...@ocf.berkeley.edu   (Derek Suzuki) writes:
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>>OS/2 is dead, I have seen the future.  It is Win95 (yes, I am using it 
>>right now).  Its even about 5 times faster than OS/2 as well.
>	Sigh, at least you didn't use the term "ROOLZ".  Anyway, even the
>MS crowd says that NT is the future.
>
>Derek
>drk...@ocf.berkeley.edu
>
NT isn't suited for PC's as well as Win95 is.  NT is probably the better
network server of the two though. NT isn't suited for the home PC market
like Win95 is. You can run a PC with Win95 on a network with WGFW and NT 
and it will work with them.  As PC's become more and more networked 
eventually the two may blend into one OS.  Right now though as far as 
an OS to replace DOS/Windows on home PC's Win95 is the answer.  The average
user doesn't have the expertise needed to use a system like OS/2 which is still
underpowered compared to Win95.  (Most users get a blank look in their face 
when you talk about DOS's command line interface and ask if they have Internet 
access. A very small percentage of the home pc market actually uses online 
services.) Win95 is simple enough the average pc owner can use it and it has 
significant enough horsepower that expert users can tweak it and have a 
customized OS that will meet their needs and expectations. Thats why OS/2 is 
in trouble: It can't do what Win95 can do, as fast as Win95 can do it, and 
easily enough that anyone can master it.  Win95 is  a lot faster than 
DOS/Windows and much easier to  use.  I have noticed a considerable increase 
in  applications (over DOS and WGFW) on my P-90 since installing Win95.  
_And_ it wasn't difficult to tweak my system and getting it running the 
way I _want_ it to run.  The biggest drawback to Win95 right now, is that there
seem to be significant performance loss on lower speed 386's that don't have at
least 16 megs of RAM.  The 486's and Pentiums with 8megs seem to run fine with
16 megs and up of RAM really flies.  Sorry this is so long.  I'd be happy to
discuss how Win95 has been running games etc...  on my machine.  As far as that
goes though, I don't think anyone with Win95 is going to have to worry about
being able to run their favorite games.

-----Tom