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From: etryon@NPIRS.Purdue.EDU (Earl Tryon )
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: ?
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.162756.9360@NPIRS.Purdue.EDU>
Date: 10 Apr 91 16:27:56 GMT
Organization: The National Pesticide Information Retrieval System, Purdue University
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I am faced with the most difficult decission of my life.  I want
to buy a $2200 DOS compatible (Gateway 2000 386SX) system but my
wife wants to get a $3200 OS/2 compatible (Model 55) system.  She
wants the luxury and support of an IBM system and she works for
IBM.  She feels being compatable at home with a system (OS/2)
running the same programs she will have access to at work is
critical.   I want the cost benefits and flexibility of buying a
more generic system.  I want to upgrade the motherboard in the
next few years (full 386,, perhaps 486) and add inexpensive
add-ons like tape backups, 9600 modem, etc.   Any advice...I want
to save my marriage and still have a still have a good home
computer.   Can OS/2 run on a DOS machine??  Will WordPerfect
like the same on DOS and OS/2??  I want windows....will DOS and
OS/2 windows look the same??? Be compatible??
                       EMail your thoughts...thanks
                       Earl Tryon
                       AgriDate Resources Inc.
                       Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Earl Tryon       Agridata Resources Inc.
330 E. Kilbourn Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53202
PHONE: 414/283-4382    FAX: 414/283-4357