Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...

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From: Chris Bitmead
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 13:49

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In article <3vhabl$b8l@steel.interlog.com> "S.Lee" <sllee@interlog.com> writes:

>>your decision switching from DOS/Windows to Win95, Warp ,NT or even 
>>Linux, have you consider what you have to forgone in order to justify the 
>>switch?
>>
>>In plain english, here are what you should look into a 32bit OS:
>>
>>1) Stability, Crash Protection:
>>   Don't tell me you have never been burnt by DOS/Windows GPF, we all 
>>understand how important a stable OS means to us.  If Win 3.1x is 100% 
>>crash proved, extremely stable and GPF free, I will undoubtfully be loyal 
>>to Windows.  Why should I switch then?  ie. Your future 32bit OS should 
>>be the best available against crashing.
>
>During my over 2 months used of WARP my system crashed every 2-3 days!
>I have used WIN 95 for over 1 month now.  It crashed 3 times. Guess which 
>OS will I be picking?

Since both crashed repeatedly, I guess you won't be using either? Good choice.

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From: chris@stuntship.scifi (Chris Bitmead)
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Subject: Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...
Date: 08 Aug 1995 13:49:58 GMT
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