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From: v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson)
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Subject: Re: PCTools Ver. 6
Summary: What is the difference between version 6 and Version 5 ?
Keywords: PC Tools
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Date: 30 Jan 91 03:40:04 GMT
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In article <1991Jan30.020918.3321@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, kwan@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Gordon Kwan) writes...
>I just heard that PC Tools Version 6 is out. Does anyone know what are the
>enhancements/differences in this new versions ? And, is Central Point going
>to allow owners of Version 5 to upgrade to Versions 6 (I have not received anything yet, and I am registered) ?


I dunno about version five, but I used version 4.2 *EXTENSIVELY*
and so bought version 6 for my company, which I promptly put
back in the box and threw in a hole and buried!



They *HAD* a (very) good thing, and made it overly complex
and *SLOW*.


It seems that most window-type applications are slow as dogs
(even the real X11 systems are slow - and just look at windows!)


Anyway 4.2 was great. Only drawback was that you couldn't 
RUN an application with poin-and-shoot utility. So in 6
they made it an entire operating system SHELL, that no longer
can fit conveniently on a floppy, and is very cumbersome.



hmmmmmmm....they were *SO* close to greatness




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