Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!unido!gmdzi!strobl From: strobl@gmdzi.gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Query: Which would you recommend? Windows? or OS2 w/ PM? Message-ID: <3408@gmdzi.gmd.de> Date: 28 Sep 90 10:57:26 GMT References: <4227@rex.cs.tulane.edu> <1990Sep24.050147.11516@chinet.chi.il.us> <90270.162249TURGUT@TREARN.BITNET> <26395@cs.yale.edu> Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, F. R. Germany Lines: 19 spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky) writes: >In article <90270.162249TURGUT@TREARN.BITNET> TURGUT@TREARN.BITNET (Turgut Kalfaoglu) writes: >>.. >>it flies - I have no problems with its performance. In fact, I switch >>to DOS box and run benchmarks (SI, Landmark,etc) and they report very >>small degradation. >>Regards, -turgut >Of course they report very small degredation, because the OS/2 >"compatability box" just switches off OS/2 completely. It makes no >attempt to multitask or otherwise intervene in the operation of the This is not true. The OS/2 compatibility box (i.e. the DOS box) does not switch off OS/2. OS/2 tasks continue to run while you are in the DOS box. On the other hand, the DOS box task does not run while it is iconized. Wolfgang Strobl #include