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runt@spectrx.saigon.com (Max de dios) writes:

>Does Windows NT take over the job of the age old DOS?  

It will be one of several operating systems that will slowly move
us out of the DOS world.  Windows NT will require a fast 386 and
at least 8 MB ram, so it won't replace DOS on 386sx machines with
4 MB ram (for example).

>Hopefully if it doesit 
>will do what DOS + Windows 3.0 (or 3.0) didn't succeed in (i.e.  a fast OS that 
>is friendly but not made for stupid people.)  I also hope that the thing will 
>have more power than the current windows 3.0 (or 3.1) running under DOS 5.0.

Since it will emulate DOS it will run DOS apps more slowly than native
DOS (provided that you compare the app on the same machine of course).
This is simply a truism and is not to belittle NT's advantages and
powerful features.  NT will be much faster when running true 32-bit
NT apps.

Please read the comp.windows.ms newsgroup for more info.