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From: croft@spked.UUCP (Steve Croft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Info request: Microsoft Windows vs. Desqview
Message-ID: <158@spked.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jan 88 01:23:22 GMT
References: <1988Jan25.081159.14791@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: Sacramento Engineer District
Lines: 18
Keywords: WINDOWS MICROSOFT DESQVIEW
Summary: Wellll,   you got a slow machine, so...

In article <1988Jan25.081159.14791@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>, adam@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Adam R. Iles) writes:
> Hello, I'm presently looking for a windowing package to run on
> an XT clone ...
> ... under either Windows or Desqview ...
> 
> The system is a 4.77/8 MHz XT clone with 640k, 30Meg HD and an
> ATI EGA Wonder card connected to a TTL monitor.

I think that an 8MHz XT clone is going to be too weak for Windows.. so you're
probably better off with Desqview.  The character-based interface is quicker
than Microsoft's graphics-based interface (this becomes a pain only on the
slower machines).

In working with both programs I have found that they are both lacking in
performance when it comes to running standard DOS programs.  It usually isn't
very hard to hang up the system when running a couple of DOS programs.

Have fun...  ^_^
steve