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In <1iobpvINN79q@golem.wcc.govt.nz>, Steve Wells writes:
> > OS/2 2.x?  NeXTstep '486 (when it comes out)?
> 
> And what are the minimum system requirements for that!?  How much RAM
> does it Need!?

Well, from what I've heard, OS/2 and Windows both need the RAM/hard
drive space that is standard in every PC sold these days...  4M RAM, an
80M hard drive.  They both work better with more RAM/disk.

> The ST's GEM environment is on ROM chips, so is faster, requires under
> 200k of RAM (not sure about newer versions).  And doesn't NEED a Hard
> Drive to run!!  

So?  After buying a hard drive (well, four of them), I'll neer use a
computer without one again... why should I?  Everything I do is much
faster because of them.  And MANY things I do would be impossible
without them.  Can you even _load_ GNU C++ on a "standard" 1M ST?

> OS/2 and windows are HUGE, and VERY expensive, the ST's operating system
> comes built in - you don't have to pay for it!  (Okay, the price of
> the chips is included of course but you get the idea 8-)

OS/2 2.1 beta on CD-ROM for $15 apparently...  $15 in a $1500-$2000
system isn't exactly noticable...

> MS-Doze is the standard on IBM clones, and it is VERY under-productive!

Which is precisely why I'm looking into the other alternatives.  Why is
it that EVERYONE assumes DOS when you say PC?  As Dave Bagget's pointed
out, you can put any one of a HALF-DOZEN or more operating systems on a
clone...  most of them will co-exist quite nicely, allowing you to quit
OS/2 (or Windoze or whatever) and reboot in unix with X.

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Chris Herborth
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