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From: nyet@nntp-server.caltech.edu (n liu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: MSDOS 5.0 compatible with 4DOS?
Message-ID: <1991Jun16.045754.7205@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 16 Jun 91 04:57:54 GMT
References: <23446@shlump.lkg.dec.com> <31291@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1568@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> <1991Jun15.182247.18345@qualcomm.com>
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rdippold@capri.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:

>In article <1568@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> dwebster@cs.arizona.edu (Dave E. Webster, Jr.) writes:
>>
>>   I have one question:  Why did you upgrade to DOS 5.0?  What do you gain
>>   over DOS 3.3 (I refuse to consider DOS 4.x as an intermediate version ;-})?

>Large volume support without funny partitioning.  And I don't like 4dos.
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yah, now there's a good reason. Pretty convincing argument there.
Its actually much simpler.

If none of the features in the press releases seem attractive, don't buy it.
If you think you might like any or all of them, and you think 40 bucks
is about right, buy it. If you don't think 40 bucks is worth it, borrow
it from a friend, diddle with it, and decide if a spiffy new (faster
format :) manual is worth it. Geez. It's just a stupid upgrade. What's all
the fuss? I liked the beta; I'll probably go get the uprade sometime 
this summer.

nye