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- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!qdeck!garyrich
- From: garyrich@qdeck.com (Gary Rich)
- Subject: Re: Desqview/X or Desqview 386?
- Organization: Quarterdeck Office Systems, Santa Monica CA
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:05:19 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.170519.280@qdeck.com>
- References: <1992Dec21.223124.1094@starbase.trincoll.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec21.223124.1094@starbase.trincoll.edu> nmiller@starbase.trincoll.edu (norman miller) writes:
- >MicroWarehouse is offering Desqview X to registered users
- >for $99. No similar sweetener for potential 386 upgraders.
-
- I just dug up the MicroWarehouse ad and it is an upgrade to DVX for
- $99 for registered users of ANY Quarterdeck product. Quarterdeck
- will do the same thing if you get it direct from us.
-
- >
- >Anyway, I'm willing to try Desqview/X, BUT a) I've heard that it's
- >somewhat slower than 386 and
-
- Slower than DV386? It, inevitibly, is. It's doing a lot more things.
- Things take time to do.
-
- >b) I'm not all that excited about
- >mice unless X is clearly the superior product. I'm a solo
- >user and don't plan to hook up to a network.
-
- "superior product" is a loose idea. DVX is a very different product. If
- the only reason you would be getting it would be for slightly different
- mouse support, I'd say stick with DV386. If distributed computing and
- X graphics are not something you ever anticipate a desire for and the
- scaled font technology, customizability etc. of DVX are not important- DV386
- is still good stuff. We are not abandoning DV386, it is still current
- it will have future enhancement added to it, and will always be a faster
- DOS multitasker than any GUI.
-
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