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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: 486 vs. Mac Benchmarks
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- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:02:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.235116.18812@husc3.harvard.edu> jiu1@husc11.harvard.edu (Haibin Jiu) writes:
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- >Who ever said Microsoft Windoze [3.1] is a fast performer? If you
- >want a fast GUI on the Intel platform, check out OS/2 2.x....
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- I do. OS/2 faster than Windows 3.1? Hmm that depends. You definitely take
- a hit when running Windows apps. Its also worth mentioning that drivers for
- the fast accelerated video cards are often unavailable, so much so that
- I've actually seen people advocating the use of Trident 8900 video as
- "viable." *groan*.
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