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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: Will Windows crawl on my system?
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- References: <1992Dec28.011124.6964@julian.uwo.ca> <1992Dec28.041533.6795@netcom.com>
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 05:16:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.041533.6795@netcom.com> ergo@netcom.com (Isaac Rabinovitch) writes:
-
- >This is an issue of backward-compatiblity, which is the only reason
- >any of us are bothering with Windows in the first place. All of us
- >have DOS applications we need to use.
-
- I've basically switched over to all-Windows apps. The only DOS-based
- apps I use are some of Novell's network consoles. I hope they come
- out with Windows versions soon. I agree that DOS apps are nicer in a
- Window but Windows apps are nicer - no need to worry about strange
- memory managers etc.
-
- >(If you're not a DOSier, why
- >not buy a Mac, now that they're the same price?)
-
- Ummm.. they aren't. They're slow. Mac OS is annoying once you've
- been using Windows for a while. Enough said 9-)
-
- >In standard mode,
- >you *cannot* run DOS programs and Windows simultaneously; you can only
- >suspend Windows until you are done with the DOS program. That makes
- >using DOS and Windows software together pretty painful. In enhanced
- >mode, you can use a DOS program almost as if it were a Windows
- >program, with cut&paste, side-by-side programs, etc. I find most of
- >my DOS programs easier to use under Windows enhanced mode than when
- >they have the machine all to themselves.
-
- Agreed here. I love WP 5.1 in a little 4x6" window! Though I've gone
- over to Word 2 entirely I still have to know and support WP 5.1. I
- do still use InfoSelect for DOS but now the Windows version has come
- out.
-
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-
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