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From: dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: MS-DOS 4.01 vs. 3.3
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Date: 20 Aug 90 20:57:10 GMT
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>Should I be wary of MS-DOS 4.01?
>

4.01 is okay.

>As far as I am currently aware, the only real reason one might prefer
>4.01 over 3.3 is that 4.01 can use a disk larger than 32 meg without
>having to partition it.  Are there any other reasons?

Not really. 4.01 on my system takes up about 17KB more low RAM for
the same configuration. I'd wait for 5.0 (or better yet 5.01 :-) which is 
expected out shortly. Otherwise stay with 3.3.

			   Danny Low
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