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- From: sean+@andrew.cmu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
- Date: 18 Jul 92 09:55 MDT
- Subject: Re: NT vs. UNIX
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- Nf-From: andrew.cmu.edu!sean+ Jul 18 09:55:00 1992
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- >>The biggest criticism of Microsoft WindowsTM (I certainly wish that they
- >>had not been allowed to call the software simply "Windows") is that it
- >>provides justification, in fact market demand, for systems which utilize
- >>VGA graphics.
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- >Who said you have to use VGA? Windows ships with drivers for 8514/A
- >(made by ATI, Western Digital, and IBM) and XGA, and the S3-based boards
- >(from Diamond, STB, etc) and TIGA-based (NEC, Hercules, etc) boards come with
- >windows drivers.
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- I have two of the above architectures and I don't find the 1024x768 mode
- on either to be particularly attractive compared to a true X terminal or
- workstation. 800x600 mode is a joke. Localbus video may make things faster,
- but a faster VW bug is still a bug.
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