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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!ulowell!woods.ulowell.edu!adamsm
- From: adamsm@woods.ulowell.edu
- Subject: Going from Win 3.1 to OS/2, worth it???
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.122545.1@woods.ulowell.edu>
- Sender: usenet@ulowell.ulowell.edu (News manager - ulowell)
- Organization: University of Lowell
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:25:45 GMT
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- I am currently a Windows 3.1 user and find myself drawn to the "completeness"
- of OS/2. I plan to "upgrade" to OS/2 later this month but am a bit leery about
- its DOS compatibility as I was hundreds of megs of DOS files but little or no
- OS/2 native applications, just how good is the DOS emulation, could I get away
- using my DOS programs reliably until I can afford new applications? I
- currently have a 386/40 with 4m ram and a 130m drive. I'm hoping this will
- prove to be an acceptable starting base as I don't forsee using any major power
- applications in the beginning. Am I kidding myself about these stats, or will
- this system not cut it in the OS/2 world? I would appreciate any comments as
- to your opinion on OS\2, preferably from previous DOS/WINDOWS users. I thank
- you in advance for your comments regarding this issue...
-
- -- Michael Adams (Ingres Programmer)
-