Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!fnet!Steve_Lesner From: Steve_Lesner@f170.n771.z3.fidonet.org (Steve Lesner) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: OS2 coming on strong (pc-rag) Message-ID: <9105231120.AA92757@f170.n771.z3.fidonet.org> Date: 17 May 91 23:25:48 GMT Reply-To: Steve_Lesner@f261.n141.z1.fidonet.org (Steve Lesner) Lines: 42 Comment-To: Bill_Bolton@f421.n711.z3.fidonet.org (Bill Bolton) BB> > Huge memory appetite? Sluggish performance? BB> BB> Unfortunately these are correct attributes for the current Lotus OS/2 BB> offerings. They do take a *lot* of memory and the performance isn't 8 megs and they both run like Metro North -- on time and reliable. Granted, 8 megs is a bit much, but it ain't that expensive. And really, if you can compare the capabilities these programs offer to something in DOS or Windows, it most likely either does not exist or still needs 4 megs in say Windows. So what the bottom line should be (IMHO) is ya need 4 megs more than running heequivalent in Windows. Total Cost, about $300 or less. And this is actually only for 123/g. Freelance will run fine in 6 megs (OS/2) and even 4 megs for that matter. 123/g must have 6-8 megs or its a slouch, I must admit. But Bill, I've said this all too many times. OS/2 is for power users. Windows is for power users. Today, anyone can be a power user who can afford a 386 (dx or sx for that matter) and 4-8 megs of memory and a $500 ide 100 meg hard drive. The advantages of OS/2 is obvious to most of us here and should be the logical choice. The problem with PC-Rag and other mags is that they don't show the pitfalls of chossing Windows apps. Sure there are plenty of them, but Windows is a broken OS and needs *just* about as much resources as OS/2. So, the average reader reads PC-mag and comes away thinking "Oh, OS/2 looks so bulky, let me go out and spend just about the same amount of money with Windows". And there, lies the fallacy. If they want to lead the blind, then they might as well lead em' back to DOS for gods sake. And for me,I've gotten my sight back long ago. 8-) I've seen the promised land, and in no way, shape or form is it Windows. And yet, Windows is all anyone talks about. Why? God only knows. Maybe its a conspiracy. But I think a lot of it is mis-interpreted (not really mis- quoted) information. So what PC-Mag and other mags need to reflect upon, is not what they are writing, but what the hell the users that read it are reading out of it! Its called perspective, and PC Mag is telling truths, granted, but NOT IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVES! By the way, have you tryed 123/g with OS/2 1.3 with about 8 megs. There was A BIG difference in performance with 8 megs when I switched from 1.2 to 1.3! --- Maximus-CBCS v1.02.OS/2.B0 * Origin: Uh Huh, OS/2, I've got the right one Baby, Uh Huh (1:141/261)