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- From: scdorcy@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (JAMES DORCEY)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Why does OS/2 loose out in a PC Mag comparison test?
- Message-ID: <12NOV199210215786@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 15:21:00 GMT
- References: <1992Nov8.090343.17907@news.Hawaii.Edu>
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- In article <1992Nov8.090343.17907@news.Hawaii.Edu>, low@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu
- (Hock-leong Low) writes...
- >Hello,
- >
- >Recent articles in PC Magazine and PC Computing did a comparison
- >test between Windows 3.1 and OS/2 2.0. Many of the results seem
- >to favor Windows 3.1--why is that? Are the editorials bias or
- >what? In one, it states that OS/2 needs max 30Meg HD space and
- >Windows max 10Meg...excluding MS-DOS which was never mentioned
- >to the reader. And I'm sure they'll give great appraisals for
- >NT when it releases...even though it takes up 30+Meg HD.
-
- The test results tend to favor Windows 3.1 because the testing was run
- using the IBM quoted minimum system RAM of 4 Meg. If the basis of
- comparison is "you have a 386 or 486 system with 4 Meg of RAM, which will
- you get better performance from?" _and_ you restrict the performance
- criteria to items that both OS/2 2.0 and Windows 3.1 can do, the results
- aren't surprising. Nor are my "personal test results" comparing OS/2 2.0
- on my 386DX25 at home with 16 Meg of RAM with Windows 3.1 on my 386DX25 at
- work with 2 Meg of RAM :-) (BTW: I have also run Windows 3.1 on my home
- machine. Its in a box in my storage closet now.)
-
- Any allegations of bias on the part of Ziff-Davis has been discussed here
- before and I ain't gettin' in to that one. I must say, however, that I am
- real disappointed in PC Computing. Having subscribed to PC Magazine on and
- off for about five years, PC Computing appears to get the articles which
- end up on the editor's floor (or wastebasket) at PC Magazine.
-
- JD
-