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************************************************************************* O S / 2 W A R P V S . W I N D O W S 9 5+ ************************************************************************* THE FOLLOWING CHARTS PROVIDE A SUMMARY COMPARISON OF OS/2 WARP, VERSION 3 AND WINDOWS 95 FEATURES, INCLUDING MULTITASKING CHARACTERISTICS APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS, AND BUNDLED PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS. ************************************************************************* *******************OS.2 WARP VS. WINDOWS 95 ON ARCHITECTURE************** ************************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEATURE ] WARP ] WINDOWS 95 ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- ] ] 32-Bit Windows Management ] YES ] NO* ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- 32-bit Graphics Subsystem ] YES ] NO** ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- 32-bit Printing Subsystem ] YES ] YES ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- 32-bit Multimedia Subsystem ] YES ] YES ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- 32-bit Kernel ] YES ] YES ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Demand Paged Virtual Memory ] YES ] YES ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- HPFS Support ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Non-locking Input Queue*** ] ] (Applications can keep running) ] YES ] NO ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * USER is 16-bit, non-reentrant code ** 50% of GDI calls are serviced by 16-bit, non-reentrant code ***OS/2 Warp has an engine that will unlock the input queue if it is locked. ************************************************************************* ************OS/2 WARP VS. WINDOWS 95 ON APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT********** ************************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEATURE ] WARP ] WINDOWS 95 ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- ] ] 16-Bit OS/2 PM Applications ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- 32-bit OS/2 PM Applications ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Win32s Applications ] ] (version 1.0 & 1.1) ] YES ] YES ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Preemptive Multitasking* ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Win16 Application Support ] YES ] YES ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Win16 Device Driver Support ] YES ] Some*** ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- 32-bit Applications Available ] 2000+ ] 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * See chart on multitasking comparison ** Windows 3 x communications drivers need to be re-written ***Native Windows 95 applications ************************************************************************* **********OS/2 WARP VS. WINDOWS 95 ON MULTITASKING CHARACTERISTICS******* ************************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEATURE ] WARP ] WINDOWS 95 ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- ] ] Preemptive of 32-bit OS/2 ] YES ] NO and Win32s version 1.1 Applications ] ] ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Preemptive of DOS Applications ] YES ] YES ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Preemptive of Win 16 Applications ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Preemptive of mixed 16/32-bit* Applications ] YES ] NO** ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Multiple, Protected Win 16 VDMs ] YES ] NO*** ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Crash Protection ] YES ] NO**** ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Preemptive Multithreading ] YES ] YES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * 16 & 32 bit OS/2, Win 16, and WIN32s v1.1 applications ** Win 16 MUTEX prohibits access to USER and portions of GDI when a Win 16 application is executing *** All 16-bit applications share a single address space-the System Virtual Machine (VM) ****Key operating system code structures (USER and GDI) share the System VM address space with 16-bit applications ************************************************************************* ****************OS/2 WARP VS. WINDOWS 95 ON USER INTERFACE*************** ************************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEATURE ] WARP ] WINDOWS 95 ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- ] ] Folder Work Areas ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Integration with Operating SOM ] YES ] NO* ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Launch Pad ] YES ] YES ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Drag & Drop Deletion ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Drag & Drop Faxing ] YES ] YES ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Drag & Drop Access Paths ] ] (change execution paths it will still work) ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Object Type Templates ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Parent Folder Closing Options ] YES ] NO ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Windows 95 shell components are not OLE 2.01 objects ************************************************************************ *****************OS/2 WARP VS. WINDOWS 95 ON MULTIMEDIA***************** ************************************************************************ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEATURE ] WARP ] WINDOWS 95 ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- ] ] Image Viewer ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Photo CD Support ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Autodesk Animation ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Play any Audio File from Internet ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Audio/Video Synch Manager ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- MPEG Suppport ] YES ] YES ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- 32-bit Audio/Video Playback ] YES ] YES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ************************************************************************* *************OS/2 WARP VS. WINDOWS 95 ON BUNDLED APPLICATIONS************ ************************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEATURE ] WARP ] WINDOWS 95 ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- ] ] Internet Access Tools ] YES ] NO -FTP ] YES ] NO -Telnet ] YES ] NO -Gopher ] YES ] NO -Newsreader ] YES ] NO -WEBExplorer ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- CompuServe Front-End ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Word Processor ] YES ] NO* ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Spreadsheet ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Database ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Charting ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Report Writer ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Electronic Mail ] YES ] YES ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Image Viewer ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- FAX ] YES ] YES ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Phonebook ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Personal Information Manager ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Sys Info ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- VideoIn ] YES ] NO ----------------------------------------------]-----------]------------- Video Conferencing ] YES ] NO ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Windows 95 comes with a simple text editor, not a word processor +The information contained in this document represents the current view of IBM Corporation on the issues discussed at the date of publication. Because IBM must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of IBM. All information, claims, references, and comparisons relating to Windows 95 in this docuement are based upon non-confidential information currently available as of the date of publication. IBM and OS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.