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From: swyatt@chopin.udel.edu (Stephen L Wyatt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.windows.ms,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! READ THIS, you'll be impressed
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Date: 9 May 91 00:01:15 GMT
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Ok... all this theory about which is better is really neat and all, but how
about real world questions?

I use turbo c++, procomm, word perfect, etc. for school.  I also use some
window's applications like qvt4.55 term thingy to call into the mainframe.

I would use window's all the time, since I'd love to me able to switch from
one task to another, but the whole thing is just too slow compared to running
it outside the window's environment (btw- I have a 386-33 4 megs w/ memory
cache and 25ms HD) ... now 2 questions--

will running os/2 allow me to run all the previous stuff I have and windows 
stuff at the same time?  what is the speed comparison between a normal
application under dos (standalone) and with os/2 with some other task in
memory also?

and since I bought dos 4.01 last fall, can I get an upgrade?
how much?


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