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Press Release: IBM Announces Just Add OS/2 Warp
IBM offers treat for those who feel tricked by Windows 95
AUSTIN, Texas, October 31, 1995...IBM today announced the
availability of Just Add OS/2* Warp, a free package of software
utilities to help users deinstall Windows 95 and then load OS/2 Warp,
or install OS/2 Warp alongside Windows** 95. Just Add OS/2 Warp
introduces computer users to the options they have for upgrading to a
32-bit operating system, shows them how OS/2 Warp and Windows 95 can
coexist, and analyzes their hardware to ensure that it's ready to
upgrade to OS/2 Warp. Highlighting some of the many advantages of
OS/2 Warp over Windows 95, the utility's Upgrade Advisor allows users
of any operating system, including Windows 95, PC DOS, MS-DOS,
Windows 3.1, and versions of OS/2, a quick and easy look at whether
their system is ready to upgrade.
"Few things are as frustrating as finding that a product's promised
plug-and-play features don't really work on your PC and then watching
your long distance calls to tech support run up while your new
software won't run at all," said Dan Lautenbach, vice president, IBM
Personal Software Products. "The bottom line is that millions of
people may have been duped into trying to use something that doesn't
deliver its advertised features. Scary, but true. Just Add OS/2
Warp provides a means to rescue those unhappy Windows 95 customers."
Upgrade Advisor
Just Add OS/2 Warp's Upgrade Advisor automatically checks the user's
PC to determine if it is ready to upgrade to OS/2 Warp. The Advisor
shows whether the PC has enough memory, processor power and hard disk
space, so that the user can move on to the upgrade with confidence.
The Advisor allows users to see whether their devices are supported
by OS/2 Warp and where to obtain device drivers if they are not. It
also will suggest hardware upgrades that can make the PC ready for
OS/2 Warp. All of the information gathered by the Advisor remains on
the user's computer and is not forwarded off-site.
"Today's OS/2 Warp offers battle-tested features that have been
available for three years," Lautenbach said. "Just Add OS/2 Warp
offers users easy access to a level of operating system that Windows
95 can only hope to become in the future."
What Microsoft Didn't Tell You
Recent buyers of personal computers, who thought they had to accept
their machines preloaded with Windows 95, now have a choice. With
Just Add OS/2 Warp, users can quickly review the easy migration
scenarios, such as installation of OS/2 Warp over Windows 95 or
Windows 3.1, even Windows 95 over OS/2 Warp. The OS/2 Warp and
Windows systems can coexist and users do not need to delete OS/2 to
try Windows 95 (although that is what Windows 95 documentation
instructs users to do).
Just Add OS/2 Warp also explains how to dual boot OS/2 Warp and
Windows 95. The utility teaches users a dual boot shortcut and
introduces them to a new feature of OS/2 Warp that shows Windows 95
long file names from OS/2 Warp. Both the Dual Boot and Long File
Name Utility can be installed directly from Just Add OS/2 Warp onto
the user's PC.
The utility comes with a set of instructions for how to uninstall
Windows 95. The instructions help users remove Windows 95 from their
systems while preserving their work.
OS/2 Warp Information/Cool OS/2 Warp Stuff
Other features offered in Just Add OS/2 Warp include answers to
frequently asked questions about OS/2 Warp and Warp Connect. A
section about OS/2 treats is loaded with useful tips developed and
perfected by an OS/2 users group from Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. An
index to the Internet web sites and Bulletin Board systems that
feature OS/2 Warp discussion, programs and information is included.
Both home and enterprise users can see what OS/2 Warp and OS/2 Warp
Connect offer by cruising through the quick demo found in Just Add
OS/2 Warp.
Just Add OS/2 Warp is offered through IBM Info at 1-800-IBM-3333,
extension EA010, and will be available at IBM's booth at COMDEX/Fall
1995, in Las Vegas, Nov. 13-17. Just Add OS/2 Warp also can be
downloaded from the Just Add OS/2 Warp home page on the World Wide
Web at http://www.austin.ibm.com/pspinfo/drk95.html. IBM is also
planning an on-line advertising campaign, debuting in late November
at selected home pages on the World Wide Web.
There are nearly ten million users of OS/2 worldwide. Four million
copies of OS/2 Warp have been sold since November 1994. OS/2 Warp
has won 23 industry awards, including editors choice awards, user
awards and technical awards. In 1995, more than 125 software
developers have announced plans to offer new native OS/2
applications, adding to the 2,500 OS/2 applications already on the
market.
IBM news releases are available on the Internet, via the IBM Home
Page at http://www.ibm.com The IBM Fax Information Service allows you
to receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial
1-800-IBM-4FAX and enter "99" at the voice menu.
* Indicates trademark or registered trademark of
International Business Machines Corp.
** Indicates trademark of Microsoft Corp.