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From: jokim@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (John H. Kim)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Charge for upgrade from 1.3 to 2.0?
Keywords: to be free or not to be free?
Message-ID: <12152@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 18 May 91 18:24:20 GMT
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
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OK.  You guys got me interested when you crossposted the reviews of
OS/2 2.0 beta version.  So I called up Elek-Tek and their price for
version 1.3 SE is $109.  I asked about an upgrade to 2.0 and they said
it WOULDN'T BE FREE.  In fact, it would cost another $109.  Strangely,
they couldn't give me the price they planned to charge for 2.0.  They
expected 2.0 to be released sometime this fall, and they characterized
the date as firm.

So, does anyone know the expected retail price of OS/2 2.0?  Can anyone
verify that they will indeed charge for an upgrade?  Aside from the
32 bit vs. 16 bit stuff, what's 2.0 got that 1.3 doesn't?  And factoring
the pricing and all, would it be worthwhile to get 1.3 and go the upgrade
route, or should I just wait until fall?

Thanks, and can someone point me to some good (as in thorough, not
necessarily favorable) reviews of OS/2?
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