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- From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
- Subject: Re: Going from Win 3.1 to OS/2, worth it???
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- References: <1992Jul22.122545.1@woods.ulowell.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 19:53:52 GMT
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- adamsm@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
- >I am currently a Windows 3.1 user and find myself drawn to the "completeness"
- >of OS/2.
-
- Do it! Do it! I've got them both on my system, because I have the
- drive space, but Windows sits dead unless I need to see how something
- actually works in "real" windows.
-
-
- >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?
-
- Yes, I still use mostly DOS applications. Lots of software goes
- across my desk, and 99% of it works great. The ones that tend not to
- work are games like Ultima VII that require their own proprietary
- memory manager, or programs that use VCPI (OS/2 can't allow VCPI, too
- dangerous).
-
-
- >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?
-
- Oh no... it isn't enough, it really isn't. Your machine and drive are
- fine, but 4m of RAM makes OS/2 crawl. You really want 8m of RAM.
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