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- From: oyvindgu@login.bigblue.no (Oyvind Gullikstad)
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- Subject: Re: I will NEVER buy Windows 95 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Date: 16 Jan 1996 22:54:04 +0100
- Organization: Big Blue Systems AS
- Message-ID: <1746.6589T1319T16@login.bigblue.no>
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- >>>>I read a message from someone in alt.games who had the DOS & Windoze95
- >>>>version of Mechwarrior2. Guess what? The DOS version ran at a decent
- >>>>rate, even at 640x480, while the Windoze version was slow as hell.
- >>>>Can someone explain why this new technologically advanced "OS" runs
- >>>>worse than DOS?
- > Actually I bought the Pentium Win95 CD version of Mechwarrior2
- >a few days ago and it runs very nicely and very smoothly--it's a
- >fantastic game. I don't buy DOS products anymore and can't imagine
- >anyone wanting to fiddle with DOS in this day and age.
- > Perhaps the report came from someone who didn't meet
- >the minimal requrements of a pentium processor, quad speed CD, etc. I
- >run it at 640x480 and it's very nice.
- > What puzzled me though was why Microsoft, selling their Sidewinder
- >Pro joystick (which is also very good by the way) included a DOS version
- >of Mechwarrior2 in the same box at the same time they released Win95 and
- >stressed the plug and play features of the joystick.
- > Any game where you need to calabrate your joystick or fool
- >with DOS memory you should just toss in the trash where it belongs.
- > When is the OS/2 version due??
- > Steve
- >>Because large parts of the CPU are buisy keeping track of all that
- >>fancy graphic interface, Kernel and all the device drivers running in
- >>the background, while you're playin' the game. What's so strange about
- >>it?
- >>Who wants to run Windows95 just to play games from it, anyway?
- For god sake, stop crossposting this shit OK?????? I do not wanna hear about
- win95 or any other things not related to amiga, so at least stop postings to
- amiga groups.
-
- Oyvind
- I'd love to, but I'm building a pig from a kit.
-