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In article <3n0cl0$j...@nuscc.nus.sg>, law3...@leonis.nus.sg (NICHOLAS PHILIP LAZARUS) says:
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>I had a very bad experience with os/2 because of the increadibilily slow 
>performance in running windows 16bit applications. I just couldn't stand 
>it. To make matters worse, boot manager didn't work with my system 
>because there was a problem between fdisk and my harddisk.
>

   That's funny, it seems to be running fine for me, and I am one who
demands speed and reliability using the same standards I apply to 
Sun SPARC/DEC Alpha workstation. Maybe all you need are some tweaks,
e.g. setting the cache, swap device, getting more RAM, using HPFS, etc..
I must confess, though, raw DOS/Windows is much faster...of course, then
there are boot disk, CONFIG.SYS issues, running out of memory (on a 48MB
machine!), an average 'necessary reboot count' of about 8 per day, etc.,
but for the purpose of gaming, I guess that really isn't an issue!

>I could go on for days about the problems I had with oS/2 but to make 
>this short, windows 95 is definetely faster although it lacks in 
>stability. But in the world of computer I guess speed has to take first 
>priority. Specially where backk-ward compatibility is concerned. 

   Hmm...I'll sit on Win95. Speed is not of utmost priority!  What good
is a sorting algorithm (for instance) that is fastest but works only 80%
of the time? Regarding B/W compatibility, some sacrifice is necessary to
advance the state of the art; this rabid insistence on backward compati-
bility (I have witnessed since IBM XT first came out) due mostly to those
business types resisting change is why we have a lot of trouble of late.
Most notably, the patchwork quilt and house of cards nature of Windows.

>I will happily flying in windows 95 while those other losers are 
>sloughing in their so called os/2
>systems.
>

   If it does what you need it to, more power! Personally, I was unim-
pressed by Windows NT.


Best Regards,


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