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- From: lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick)
- Subject: Re: QPro for Win: A Mega Resource Hog? - BUGS?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.114322.8355@dmp.csiro.au>
- Organization: CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
- References: <1992Dec15.222612.12551@eng.umd.edu> <uJLuVB3w165w@student.business.uwo.ca>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:43:22 GMT
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- pkedrosk@student.business.uwo.ca (Paul S. Kedrosky) writes:
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- >I just got off the phone with Borland where the engineer agreed with
- >me, QPro is a real resource hog. He was fairly unabashed about that so
- >I pointed out that I thought that it wasn't necessarily a desirable
- >feature. He agreed and said that the problem can become acute if you
- >do much with graphics in QPro or other Windows programs when QPro is
- >running. He asked for my telephone number and said that Borland was
- >aware of the problem and might have some solution in the next "little
- >while".
-
- >Nice program but I'm not impressed with its appetite for resources.
-
- >Paul
-
- Has anyone come across major/minor bugs with this program?
-
- Also, how does this resources hogging affect Windows?
- Is it just an asthetic thing that apps should not
- hogg resources.
-
- Sorry if this has been asked before but whenever
- a DOS app gets ported to Windows, there is a worry
- about how much is has been maimed by the experience.
-
-
- Thanks in advance, Lachlan.
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