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- From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: CBM mention on 12/11/92 Computer Chronicles
- References: <jbickers.0m4k@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec27.201849.28679@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- Message-ID: <jbickers.0m72@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 11:54:00 PST
- Organization: TAP
- Lines: 51
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- Quoted from <1992Dec27.201849.28679@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> by jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel):
- > John Bickers (jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
-
- > : Windows isn't a worthwhile PC OS,
-
- > Why, because *you* don't consider it such? Fortunately, there are millions
- > of people out there who don't consider you the ultimate authority in OS's.
-
- No, because it's built on top of DOS. I haven't seen any of the PC
- advocates here claim Windows is an OS that one should get if one
- is into clean multitasking and multiple DOS sessions and so on.
- Unix and OS/2 2.0 frequently ARE mentioned in this context. The
- applications that come with it are certainly worthwhile, but that
- doesn't lend credibility to Windows itself.
-
- > Both Windows and OS/2 can do this, without extra software, although I'm
- > not sure about column insertion.
-
- If your not sure, then why do you say that they can do it? This
- sort of "not sure" feel is unusual in your posts. Normally you are
- as convinced as Marc Barrett.
-
- > : > I always found the GUI performance of my 386+VGA to be as good as or better
- > : > than that of a stock A3000.
-
- > : updates happen. The bottom line is that the A3000 will be "fast
- > : enough" in all cases, and will burn less CPU time being that fast.
-
- > Before Windows 3.1, my 386 PC was a bit slower in window updates. With 3.1,
- > however, it became noticeably faster. No, I'm not talking about screens, just
- > windows.
-
- Noticeably faster? So before Windows 3.1, your 386 PC's GUI
- performance was NOT "as good as or better than" an A3000's?
-
- There are a couple of interesting things here. One is that you are
- now only considering a subset of the GUI. You said before that
- switching between screens took ZERO time on your PC, so I'm not
- sure why you're leaving it out now. Secondly, it shows that
- Windows at least had room for _software_ improvement to window
- updates. Which PC advocates here didn't seem to think possible
- before 3.1. No, back then it was talk of graphics accelerator
- cards and other wonders :/.
-
- BTW, and this is very subjective, WIN-OS/2 seems to update windows
- a little quicker than OS/2 itself.
-
- > | JERRY J. SHEKHEL | Molecular Simulations Inc. | Time just fades the pages |
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