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- From: azzarito@cse.fau.edu (Doug Azzarito)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Should OS/2 be _MY_ OS Too?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.141847.6974@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 14:18:47 GMT
- References: <1993Jan23.202718.8637@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
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- Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- In article <1993Jan23.202718.8637@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> bblank@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Bryan S. Blank(FIRN)) writes:
- >I am buying a 486DX/33 305 MB disk and 12 MB ram. Should be one hot
- >machine. It has a Trident SVGA card, and I am putting a 14.4K modem in.
- >My question is...Should OS/2 be my OS for this machine?
-
- I've got a machine just like it, and haven't found anything better than OS/2
- yet (I used to run DOS+QEMM+DV, but OS/2 is much better).
-
- > Is 2.0 okay, or do I have to get 2.1B?
-
- 2.0 is okay, but 2.1 is better. You can use the beta now, or wait a couple
- of months and get the real thing.
-
- > There is no way for me to download it, as this is
- >also my voice line, but can IBM send it to me?
-
- If you call 800-3IBMOS2 you can order a beta. Last time I checked they were
- out of stock.
-
- > What makes OS/2 so great?
-
- OS/2 really uses your whole computer - it doesn't let the CPU sit in
- brain-dead 8086-emulation mode. If you bought a Ferrari, would you put gas
- in it that caused all but 2 cylinders to go dead? Nahhh.
-
- Running more than one program at a time is EASY under OS/2. Right now, I'm
- online to a *IX system at 9600bps, and I'm downloading from another BBS at
- 14.4Kbps. At the same time I'm installing an OS/2 program, running a
- windows program, and unzipping files at the command line. It keeps you
- busy, but you'll never have to wait for your software again - if something
- is going to take some time, crack open another program and do something else
- until the first program is finished.
-
- It's also an excellent software development platform. If you can get the
- C-Developer's Workset/2 package, you'll be able to write 32-bit software and
- really go wild!
-