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From: wallwey@boulder.Colorado.EDU (WALLWEY DEAN WILLIAM)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: OS/2 vs. Unix
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Date: 22 Mar 90 16:46:46 GMT
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In article <1990Mar22.000324.18577@dvinci.usask.ca> lowey@herald.usask.ca writes:
>OS/2 has a number of advantages over Unix for single user machines.  First
>of all, it is designed for low powered machines like my IBM model 60 with
>a 40M hard disk.  To get an equivalent Unix system, you would require not
>only Unix, but also X-Window.  How well would that work on my Model-60?
>
>- Kevin Lowey

Exactly!  I have a friend that has a 25MHz, cached 386 machine and
uses a 32-bit UNIX with X-windows on a 1024 x 768 SUPER VGA.  It really is
sad to see a $4500 machine have a $450 pc-xt performance!!!!!!

Dean Wallwey