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- From: popec@freeside.com (PopeC)
- Newsgroups: alt.cyberspace
- Subject: Re: Pentium
- Message-ID: <BgV9VB2w165w@freeside.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 10:53:46 CST
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- an127@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Korac MacArthur) writes:
-
- > cool name won't make up for lame hardware bugs) will have? I'd like to
- > see a hardwired multi-tasking capability. Windows sucks speed and
- > memory wise, I haven't played with OS-2 to know how that is. Maybe
- > they'll go for something better. An on-board graphics and sound chip
- > set similar to Amiga's would be useful, and many ports of course. Who
- > reads Byte? Enquiring minds want to know.
- >
- > Life. Go figure....
- >
- > --
- > Hey, George.....Nah na na na, NA NA NA NA, HEEEY HEYYY HEY,
- > GOOOOOODDDDBYYYEEEE!!!!!! (and good riddance)
- >
-
-
- Windows isn't THAT slow. But video under windows is because most PC
- graphics cards are slow. Use Windows 3.1 and a decent S3 accelerater
- card on a local bus and things are fast. It's old fashioned PC video
- that makes Windows seem so slow to everybody. Memory? I ran Windows
- successfully on 2 meg for months. But hey, memory is cheap.
- OS/2 wants at least 6 megs.
- And of course a fast hard disk is nice. When my 28ms disk died I went
- to a 12ms HD. That speeded things up bunches.
- Windows 3.0 was slow in spots. Windows 3.1 rooted out some of the slow
- routines and fixed 'em. Window 4.0 should be a litle faster as they
- optimize things. I don't see my brother's accelerated Amiga 3000 being
- faster then my 486 local bus clone running windows.
- Of course he does have a Videotoaster, but that's another tale for
- another day.
-
- Pope Charles Amiga vs PC. Who cares?
-
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