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- From: timbol@netcom.com (Mike Timbol)
- Subject: Re: SMALL Exerpt from "Windows Sources"
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.212551.18659@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1hq3d8INNsrq@cae.cad.gatech.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 21:25:51 GMT
- Lines: 62
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- In article <1hq3d8INNsrq@cae.cad.gatech.edu> chris@cad.gatech.edu (Chris McClellen) writes:
- >
- >I was looking through a brand new magazine called Windows Sources.
- >I came across an editorial by charles petzold where he says This
- >about OS/2 and NT:
- >
- >"In terms of realistic Hardware requirements, OS/2 2.0 and Windows NT
- >are approximatly equivalent. For either operating system, you'll
- >want a 33-Mhz 386 or 486 with at least 8 megs of memory and a hard
- >disk exceeding 100 megabytes. That Microsoft is admitting this and
- >IBM is not indicates merely that one compnay is being honest and
- >the other isn't." Windows Sources, Feb 1992, pg 99.
- >
- >The article goes on about MS & IBM, constanly saying "this means one
- >company is good, the other isnt," and of course its MS thats good, according
- >to the article. YES, I KNOW the source is a windows magazine, but I
- >just love it when they yap when they dont know what they are talking about.
- >
- >The above quoted paragraph shows Petzold's ignorance.
-
- I wouldn't be so quick to call Petzold "ignorant" and I'm sure that he's
- knows what he's talking about (definitely moreso than you).
-
- >He claims
- >OS 2 2.0 NEEDS 8 megs to run. Well, OS/2 runs in 4 megs about as well
- >as NT runs in 8 megs. NT Beta needs about 16 megs of memory, and alot
- >of that 100 meg HD, if not all. Os/2 only takes 30 megs of that 100,
- >so you end up with 70 left over. Microsoft "admitting it may
- >take 8 megs" is an understatement. It takes lots more. Of course,
- >this is yet another ZiffDavis publication, so what did we expect?
-
- If you look closely, you'll see that he says you'll want, not NEED, 8 megs.
- And I'd say that he's right. I really don't see how you can make any
- comparisons between OS/2 performance and NT performance, since your
- comments show your obvious ignorance of NT. First there's Steve Withers
- proclaiming that NT requires 90 megs (but at least he's tried it), and
- now you say it takes up "alot [sic] of that 100 meg HD, if not all".
- The truth is that OS/2 takes up about 30 MB, excluding swap space. NT
- takes up, suprise!, about 30 MB, excluding swap space. It does require
- more physical memory, but definitely not the 16 megs you suggest.
-
- >So, Petzold should have said OS2 needs about 8 megs, where as NT needs
- >about 16 megs. When he said 8 megs, he was stating NT's minimum, not
- >OS/2's. ANd contrary to what he thinks, you WILL want more than 8 megs
- >for NT, and a 486... I ran OS/2 on a 386/20 with 8 megs, and it was
- >faster than windows on a comparable machine, and my apps ran
- >faster under OS/2 than under DOS (my dos ones). So, you dony
- >need a 33mhz.
- >
- >Ah well, I consider that a light article comming from a windows magazine.
- >Also, its the premier issue of the magazine, and I guess it is pep
- >talk for windows owners.. "Yeah guys... MS loves you all! Buy their lame
- >systems!" Guess its just a reaffirmation for windows users that they
- >are politcally correct or something.
-
- I don't see why certain people persist in spreading this misinformation
- and trying to discredit people like Petzold who simply don't share your
- narrow viewpoint. But I suppose that if you say them often enough,
- you'll start to believe them.
-
- - Mike
-
-