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From: bodoh@cat7.cs.wisc.edu (Daniel Bodoh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: Windows/Desqview advice needed
Message-ID: <1991May7.092600.21136@daffy.cs.wisc.edu>
Date: 7 May 91 09:26:00 GMT
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In article <22649@yunexus.YorkU.CA> rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner) writes:
>stone@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Glenn Stone) writes:
>
>>I have a 386-based IBM compatible with 8 megs of RAM on order and I'm 
>>thinking about how best to run it.  I have read some about Desqview
>>and Windows 3.0 but haven't used them.  What are their relative advan-
>>tages, and can they be used together?  Are there other multitasker/
>>memory managers I should consider?  Advice & discussion appreciated.
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>   Windows in 386 mode runs
>DOS apps less well, but provides a nice pretty GUI and some nice
>things at the API level, such as dynamic data exchange.
 
 If you mean interprocess communication, DV also provides dynamic data exchange
 with mailboxes.

 I have used DV/386 for about 6 months now, and I find it absolutely great.
 Quarterdeck did it right - DV is much, much smaller than Windows and, for the
 serious computer user, has much more utility.  If you want you PC to be a Mac,
 get Windows.  If you want your PC to be a workstation, get DV.  And when
 DV/X comes out, there will be no point in buying Windows anyway.

 Dan Bodoh