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From: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: DOS 3.3 versus 4.0
Message-ID: <257AAEE9.7595@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Date: 4 Dec 89 17:52:40 GMT
References: <48986@bbn.COM>
Reply-To: cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Stephen M. Dunn)
Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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In article <48986@bbn.COM> syswerda@bbn.com (Gilbert Syswerda) writes:
$If you had a choice (which I do with Gateway), which DOS would you pick:
$3.3 or 4.0?

   It depends on what kind of user you are.  If, like me, you prefer the
command line, there really isn't too much in DOS 4 that you'll need.  If
you'd rather have a mouse-driven interface and don't have (or don't want
to buy) any other ones, DOS 4 will be of more use to you.

   Also, the choice depends on what you want to do with your hard drive.
If it's over 32M and you don't want it partitioned, pick DOS 4.  If you
don't mind having several partitions (or if you in fact want several
partitions, none of which need to be over 32M), you don't really need
DOS 4 for it.

   But if you do decide to get DOS 4, MAKE SURE IT'S VERSION 4.01!!!
Version 4.00, if anyone still distributes it, may well be the buggiest DOS
release ever.

   Personally, I'm still happy with DOS 3.20, although I've thought about
upgrading to 3.30 a few times.
-- 
Stephen M. Dunn                               cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
          <std_disclaimer.h> = "\nI'm only an undergraduate!!!\n";
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