GV> Actually, WIN 95 is significantly more powerful than any version of
GV> Windows except NT. It is worth an upgrade without a doubt. It is not
That's not saying a heck of a lot. And it's still a 1.0 release and
people are still having major problems with it. (Remember what I said
about my opinion of 1.0=Beta....)
GV> perfect, but it is MUCH better than WIN 3.1 or WfWg 3.11. If you have
GV> 8 megs of ram now, you can run it OK, but it will be slower than
Not from what I've heard. W96 needs 16meg to run as well as WfWg 3.11
does is just 8. And personally I don't have the money to buy another 8
meg, plus the $100 for W96, plus the next upgrade so that it might
actually work.
GV> earlier Windows. With 16 Megs, it is very snappy. That is the price
GV> one pays for "progress." And WIN 95 is "progress" ... just not as much
GV> "progress" as MS wanted us to believe. :)
Not even close as much as they hyped it. It still trails OS/2 in actual
capability.
GV> BTW, I should have said "the next release will "probably" be released
GV> in WIN32 as well as WIN16 versions. Meaning that WIN16 Telemate users
GV> will still get bug fixes et cetera.
Guess I'll have to wait and see. In the meantime though I'm sticking
with my DOS comm program.
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