Hi Stephen !
11-Dec-96 19:43:39, Stephen Haffly tapped feverishly away
and wrote to Bill Wolff Subject: Geos running under msdos7
 SH> On (07 Dec 96) Bill Wolff wrote to Robert Obrien...
 BW>> On (29 Nov 96) Robert Obrien wrote to Peter Campbell...
 RO>> Thanks for the reply on installing OS/2. I bought the blue
 RO>> version because I do not have any Microsoft products on my hard
 RO>> drive.

 BW>> What a big mistake IMHO.

 SH> As much as I prefer OS/2 as a base system compared with either DOS or
 SH> Windows (Dos with pictures), I admit OS/2 isn't perfect.  It still takes
 SH> far too much in the way of system resources to accomplish what GEOS
 SH> does, and does very well.  If the GEOS 3.0 kernal had been released for
 SH> the desktop together with the programs to take advantage of it, I would
 SH> have stayed solely with Geoworks Ensemble.  As it is, I made a choice
 SH> based on compatability with what I use.  OS/2 won hands down.  For my
 SH> other machines which don't have the processing power of this one, I will
 SH> be waiting for New Deal Office with the communications enhancements
 SH> projected for next year.
I'm still using a Boot Manager setup that allows me to run Ensemble/PC
DOS 7.0 when I want to use Ensemble without any other programs. (Boots
so much faster!) It also allows me to run sloppily programmed Windows stuff
if I have to. I only have a licence for Warp 3, so, after looking at
Warp 4, have gone back to that. Warp 4 may have solved some problems for
some people, but for what I do, Warp 3 gives me what I need!
 SH> By the way Bill, how much will it cost you to be able to use voice
 SH> dictation with your machine?  It came included in Warp 4.0.
In Australia the recommended retail price for VoiceType for Windows 95
is roughly $AUD1000 (one thousand dollars) dearer than the complete Warp
4 package. The street price is at least $AUD700 dearer!
I certainly haven't experienced the problems that Bill complains about,
but I have spent many hours fixing Windows 95 problems for various
clients only to have their systems "muck up" again. The more I use
Windows 95 the less I like it. Having said that, let me also add that I
have not found a GUI that is without problems. Which is why Reagan's
"Star Wars" system was so frightening. How would they ever have debugged
the software???????
Regards
Peter Campbell
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