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- Subject: Re: I will NEVER buy Windows 95 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE KEEP THIS OUT OF THE WAREZ GROUPS!!!
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 06:02:30 GMT
- Organization: Nova Scotia Technology Network
- Message-ID: <4e9qpm$lv@news.nstn.ca>
- References: <4d9iri$7n0@news.mcn.net> <4dmhh3$akg@pathway1.pathcom.com> <31007F49.7C8A@iconn.net> <3103e9ad.8691520@news.srv.ualberta.ca>
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- In <3103e9ad.8691520@news.srv.ualberta.ca>, an468710@anon.penet.fi (Tecate) writes:
- >On Sat, 20 Jan 1996 00:36:09 -0500, "John V. Baboval"
- ><Jbaboval@iconn.net> wrote:
- >
- >>attica@ny.com wrote:
- >>>
- >>> vfiscus@mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) wrote:
- >>>
- >>> >I don't need to buy Windows 95 to watch my DISK
- >>> >space disappear or to see my programs run slower.
- >>>
- >>> >I can hit my computer with a hammer for free, and watch it HAPPEN!!
- >>>
- >>> In a way I agree with you, my hd has never went this crazy running win 3.1 before. I mean the damn accessing light
- >>> is on 85 percent of the time. However I feel that the multitasking is true, and I really like the plug and play feature.
- >>> I guess w95 is not for your average "Joe" running a 386 dx 40 with only a 150 meg hd. I am slowly contemplating
- >>> downgrading to 3.1, if this hd goes any crazier. Save your money pal, and stick with 3.1, or 0s/2 for that fact.
- >>>
- >>
- >>Machine:
- >> Pentium 75/ 8mb RAM
- >>
- >>Program:\
- >>
- >> Borland Trubo C++ 4.51
- >>
- >>Times: (150,000 lines of code)
- >>
- >>Windows 3.11: 2.5 Hrs
- >>
- >>OS/2 Warp/Connect: 2.7 Hrs
- >>
- >>Windows 95: 1.5 Hrs...
- >>
- >>Too big of a difference for me to understand whay all you people think
- >>it's slow...
- >
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- Tell me your not useing a Windows program in OS/2 to run a speed test, oh please.
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