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- Subject: Re: Is Falcon worth buying????
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.151516.12761@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
- From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins)
- Date: 10 Sep 92 15:15:15 -0500
- References: <1992Sep8.230955.15392@zooid.guild.org> <1992Sep9.151745.18833@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Sep10.041027.9029@zooid.guild.org>
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- In article <1992Sep10.041027.9029@zooid.guild.org>, Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org> writes:
- > You can configure ANYTHING in OS/2 2.0, including what you want to install.
- > My swap file doesn't exceed 2 MB. You must be joking when saying, "it feels
- > like a 8 mhz ST." Have you really tried it. I see NO speed decreases in OS/2
- > at all. As a matter of fact, I am running it on a 486/50 MHz DX with 16MB
- > RAM and ATI Graphics Ultra. It is as fast as a TT with NVDI loaded in. The
- > screen redraw functions are immediately displayed with no delay at all. On
- > slower machines it might be the case but not on mine. Also, it accesses the HD
- > since it always updates it. When you reboot it comes to same screen as you
- > worked last on. Does it access the HD? Yes, so does every OS.
-
- You've got to be kidding, right? Of course OS/2 is going to fly on
- that system! I bet Windows would fly to! But with all this high powered
- hardware, you still say "It is as fast as a TT with NVDI loaded in." You
- didn't say how much you paid for your system either. Atari has always
- tried to shoot for the low-end, and for the vast majority of computer
- users, this is what they need.
-
- You have 16MB of ram, but you still need a swap file, and even
- then, a 2 meg swap file. What do you use the machine for anyway?
-
- The interesting thing is that Atari still ships very usable one meg
- machines with only a floppy drive. I use my ST for everything from DTP,
- to word-processing, to programming, to telecommunicating, and still have
- only 1 meg of ram and two floppies.
-
- The Falcon, when released, will be the best computing value for the
- dollar, nothing else can even come close to its abilities for the
- price.
-
- > Is MultiTOS faster? MultiTOS is a FAR inferiour product and doesn't offer 20%
- > of all OS/2 functions. I have received some results that were performed with
- > MultiTOS such as screen redraw routines, VDI functions etc. The results are
- > definetely slower. If MultiTOS sells nearly as many as OS/2 2.0 copies please
- > let me know...
-
- Again, this was brought up before, about comparing beta software to
- finished products. I think it would be safer to compare Multitos with
- OS/2 1.3.
-
- Anyway, the success of the falcon and Atari is going to rely on
- their ability to market it correctly. (And we all know how well they can
- do that. :-( )
-
- Will I buy one? I will wait and see. The vastly superior sound
- systems is what will change my mind, but only if there will be software
- that takes advantage of it.
-
- Later.......
-
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