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- From: Martinus Tels <telsmb@iaehv.iaehv.nl>
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- Subject: Re: I will NEVER buy Windows 95 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-(
- Date: 3 Feb 1996 19:19:41 GMT
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- Lee Huggett <Lee@burst.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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- >Yes fine I can see the point of keeping in old 16 bit code for compatability,
- >it makes sense.
- >But don't you think it is then wrong to tout your product as fully 32 bit
- >and basically lie to the public???
-
- Win95 IS fully...as an OS. The actual operational part of it (the command
- core) is 32-bit. It's just the interface to 16-bit apps which is 16-bit. If
- you aren't running any 16-bit apps, Win95 is completely 32-bit.
-
- >if that 16 bit app should crash then the whole system will lock
- >up.
-
- You are right about the cooperative multitasking. But if a 16-bit app
- crashes, it usuually does NOT lock the entire system. The only complete
- systemlock I know of that such an app can cause is if the app in question
- succeeds in sending commands directly to the hardware (has to be an
- EXTREMELY badly written app; Win5 can block such access in most cases). In
- any case, I personally have never experienced a system lockup due to a
- 16-bit app failing.
-
- >Wasn't this the problem with win3.x that Win95's "Multitasking" was supposed to
- >sort out????
-
- Yes, and for the most part it has (in my experience that is; I don't know
- about others of course).
-
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