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- From: x90wardell@gw.wmich.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: superVGA (and misc top-blowing)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.143405.5035@gw.wmich.edu>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 14:34:05 EST
- References: <1992Aug12.125401.18428@hellgate.utah.edu> <1992Aug13.080540.17580@actrix.gen.nz> <1992Aug13.151742.18779@cam-orl.co.uk>
- Organization: Western Michigan University
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- > As far as my opinions go, I reckon that you need at least the hardware you
- > describe above to run OS/2 2.0 properly. I certainly didn't run it for long on
- > my 8Meg 486/33, it was too slow compared to 3.1.
- >
- > |> Or you can run OS/2 2.0 on a 386sx/20MHz with 6 megs of RAM.
- >
- > No thank you! It was a DOG on a 386/25 with cache and 8 megs.
- >
- > |> I saw NT today. *BOW WOW* If that's a desktop system, then MVS/XA is the
- > |> next step for the desktop!
- >
- > Opinions vary. I deleted OS/2 2.0 from my system the day I saw NT running.
- >
- > [I was waiting for the June CSD, but there is not much point now]
-
- Well, I don't know about you but on my 486-33 and 386sx-25 both with
- 8 megs os/2 runs fine. Windows 3.1 is peppier at running Windows programs than
- OS/2 is and the workplace shell under os/2 is too slow but IBM is aware of that
- and says it will be rectified this fall.
- But I don't even bother to run DOS programs from windows. DOS programs
- run noticably slower and the NT beta SDK I saw running (486 with 12 megs ram)
- ran DOS like a dog. In Windows 3.1, you can at least leave windows to play
- your favorite game or use your favorite dos program that windows runs too
- slowly. What are you going to do when Windows NT comes along and runs DOs
- just a poorly? OS/2 allows me to use ALL my dos programs (except for the game
- ultima 7) at equal if not better speed as under plain DOS.
- From the NT beta testers I have talked with, NT is a disaster.
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