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From: jsulliva@cvbnet.UUCP (Jeff Sullivan, x4096 MS 4-2)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: BASIC QUESTION ABOUT DESQVIEW (was WINDOWS)
Message-ID: <245@cvbnet.Prime.COM>
Date: 8 Dec 89 18:43:48 GMT
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From article <413@vlsi.ll.mit.edu>, by malpass@vlsi.ll.mit.edu (Don Malpass):
> In article <213400073@s.csd?ouc.edu> firest r@s.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>>
>>... Basic questions about Windows....
>>.... what good is windows ....

I am interested in Desqview as an alternative to Windows. I have a 386
machine and am interested in a miulti-tasking multi-window environment.

Can I run different command "shells" (COMMAND.COM) in the seperate windows?

How fast is it? (It's gotta be faster than Windows!)

How easy is it to cut-and-paste between windows? (I have a MS mouse).

Do I need to set up .PIF-like files for everything I want to run?

Any input appreciated.
Thanks
Jeff Sullivan		Computervision Division
CADDS R&D		Prime Computer, Inc.
			Bedford, MA	01730
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