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The Stoner (mxs...@hertz.njit.edu) wrote:
: On 19 Apr 1995, JORDAN SPENSER AARON wrote:

: > Sure it can run several, multithreaded applications at the same time.  

: Everything I'v heard about Win95 says it is still a 16 bit (at heart) 
: coopertive multitasking os.  Sure it will run serveral apps, but it 
: doesn't pre-emt, so (from what I understand) if a WIN95 app locks up while 
: calculating or something, the whole system will lock up, since the program has 
: control over the processor.  (correct me if I am wrong) Also, I would still get 
: the little annoying hour glass telling me I have to wait till what I am 
: currently doing is done.  In a sense, that IS running several apps at the 
: same time.

: > 
: > >Warping... NOT Waiting...
: > >Working... NOT Playing...
: > 
: > And what kind of work are you doing?  So, just how many business, 
: > scientific, etc applications are written specifically for OS2.  Odds are 
: > you are working on OS2 with windows applications; which in the future, 
: > wil be written to take advantage of Windows '95

: I will say that I run OS/2 and do not run any win3.1 apps with it.  I use 
: Lotus Smart Suites.  I've seen Microsoft's Office, and it didn't impress 
: me.  Everything I run, I can get an OS/2 version of it.  True, it may not 
: have ALL the bells & whistles as the Window version, but 99% of those I 
: don't care about - ie: Bubble help if AMI Pro 3.1  -- What a waste of 
: code, bloating the programs and causing me to run out of drive space.

: There are many other OS/2 native apps out there: Corel Draw, Microsoft 
: Word (and they said OS/2 was dead) Word Perfect (I think they dropped 
: it) and others which do not come to my mind at this early hour of the day.  
:  
: > 
: > Oh, and sure I will be playing...  Windows '95 will be a great gaming 
: > platform <insert flame here> as all of the major game developers are 
: > writing for it.  

: From my experience, Window games suck.  The much talked about Myst is an 
: example - NO smooth scrolling amimation (except if you count that 30X30 
: window in the maze), you hear moving water, but everything is still 
: frames.  

: > Sure OS2 will have great games too; GC being my case in point.  I 
: > believe, however, that the majority of the really cool games will be 
: > unavailable for the poor souls in the, "I love OS2 and I don't care even 
: > if Microsoft is cruching us," camp.  

:  If Microsoft cruches OS/2, then I'll most to Linux or another UNIX os 
: before I go to Windows.  At least I know I will have TRUE multitasking 
: capabilities and not some re-worked DOS/WIN3.1 combo stirred up and 
: repackaged.


: Mike W. Stone

You're SLIGHTLY right. Part of Windows is still 16-bit. But, it's mostly 
32-bit code now. It has pre-emptive multitasking, multithreading, and 
various other features. Also, no one mentions Plug & Play. Gamers will 
love this for not having to screw around with their new hardware on new 
machines. And, even if you have an older system and/or older hardware, 
Windows 95's Plug and Play will STILL help to make things easier for the 
average user, with better detection and some diagnostics for address, 
IRQ and DMA conflicts. This is better than what OS/2 Warp can muster. 
I'll be getting my preview copy of Windows '95 very soon, and I'm sure 
I'll never look at Warp after I start running Win '95.

Derrik Pates
dmp...@silver.sdsmt.edu