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From: baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 3.30 vs 4.01
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Date: 1 Dec 89 20:36:09 GMT
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Here are the results of the 3.30 vs 4.01 poll. It turns out to be very
close vote.

     19 votes (43%) for 3.30
     21 votes (48%) for 4.01 
      4 votes ( 9%) for liking 3.30 & 4.01 equally well

People have also sent me many comments on what they like or didn't like
about 3.30 and 4.01. 

   o 3.30 is limited by 32MB in its hard disk partitions while 4.01 can
     have much larger partitions.
   o 4.01 installation was cumbersome while it was more straight forward
     with 3.30
   o 4.01 uses more RAM (70K) than 3.30.
   o TSR's running on 3.30 might not run in 4.01.
   o People had mixed reviews with 4.01's dos shell. Some people liked it,
     some didn't.
   o The DOS commands in 4.01 were improved over that of 3.30
   o 4.01 has some extras such as a better file handling, EMS386.SYS
     driver that allows the use of 384K extended memory and GRAPHICS.COM
     for CGA & VGA use.


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