Re: Re: 640k is not 'nuff...

> I run Windows 3.1 on my moms system with 4 meg ram, granted all I need to do
> is program, and like to listen to music at the same time, but it still runs
> great.  Win 3.1/3.11 beats OS/2 and 95 on 4 meg.
> � And the best part is that you don't have to configure anything 99% of the
> � time, unlike OS/2.  If you have a protected mode DOS game with it's own sou
> � driver, it *will* work under '95.  How many people are still trying to get
> � sound to work with Doom under OS/2, Including id software?
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> Not I.  And I believe you forgot the original reason for my post.  First off,
> I am not making this a Win95 vs. OS/2.  Im simply stating the facts -- Win95
> will offer VERY VERY VERY little advantages to the office. Every benchmark
> rates Win 3.11 so much better than Win95. Graphics, to Disk, to Load time, to
> anything.  Even PC Mag (As biased as they are) has said that 95 is not as
> fast, and will be of little use to the office.
> Look at it this way.

I am using the Win95 Beta, and here's MY observations:

I am a so called "Power User" because I do 3-d rendering. etc.  Win95 has
sped up graphics based programs, it can run protected mode programs without
shutting down, it hasmuch better multitasking (my spreadsheets actually
calculate instead of just sit there when minimized), and has excellent
network connectivity.  Now, as for companies not being interested in it, over
half of the corporations I do work for have it ordered for it's release date.
 What a magazine says (which is basically the opinion of the writer doing the
article) and what happens in the real world are two different things.

If you are getting Win95, here's my recommendations...

If you are going to have more than 3 apps open at once, get 16 megs, if not,
get 8.
Have at least a 486/25....no reason to have any less anyway.
DON'T buy bargin basement hardware (Zoltron sound card, Xerobix video...stuff
like that)...you'll have a hard time getting drivers that work for it.

JC