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- From: woods.ulowell.edu!adamsm@overmind.mind.org
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Going from Win 3.1 to OS/2, worth it???
- Message-ID: <2178325@overmind.citadel>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 21:25:00 GMT
- Organization: University of Lowell
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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)
-