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From: pajerek@usenet@kadsma (Don Pajerek)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Should I buy Windows 3.0?
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Date: 14 Jun 90 17:00:49 GMT
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In article <47648@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> wilkinso@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Shaun Wilkinson) writes:
>
>	I've been following the discussion on the net about 
>MS Windows 3.0 and I have a question:
>
>1. With all the pros and cons about Windows, do you think that it is
>   worth buying?  Mostly what I've heard on the net are negative 
>   comments.  Do you think that I should buy something else instead?
>
>
>-- Shaun


That depends on what you want to do.  If your main objective is
to multitask DOS applications, you might be better off with DesqView/386.

If you're interested in the new generation of graphical applications
that is being introduced for Windows (or ported from the Mac), then
Windows is where it's at.

A case could be made that Windows is the better choice regardless, since
it will do a reasonable job of multitasking DOS apps (in 386 'Enhanced'
mode, that is), and it gets you started in the direction that the whole
industry is going, namely GUI-based applications.

The mail-order price is probably <$100, anyway.


Don Pajerek