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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!hookup!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!nntp.coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news!news From: campbellc@posh.internext.com (Chris Campbell) Newsgroups: misc.misc,misc.forsale.computers.discussion,comp.os.os2.marketplace,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,comp.os.mach,comp.os.ms-windows,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.misc,comp.os.magic-cap,comp.os.lynx,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: Win 95 stability Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 02:36:51 GMT Organization: #WindowsNT (UnderNet IRC) Lines: 45 Message-ID: <4i553g$5k1@sonoma.internext.com> References: <leneagle-0503961154210001@p-135.flash.net> <4htmov$ojh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <3143620d.8469512@143.132.86.40> <jperser-1003962038060001@dal28-12.ppp.iadfw.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lv-056.internext.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au misc.misc:33035 misc.forsale.computers.discussion:3301 comp.os.os2.marketplace:2430 comp.os.msdos.misc:50792 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:113674 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc:96108 comp.os.mach:5146 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:116280 comp.os.misc:4797 comp.os.magic-cap:1589 comp.os.lynx:1764 comp.os.linux.misc:91240 comp.os.386bsd.development:3366 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:3105 jperser@airmail.net (John and Judy Perser) wrote: >In article <3143620d.8469512@143.132.86.40>, mrobin@stallion.jsums.edu wrote: >Does the fact that Apple has made some strategic mistakes with respect to >it OS licensing effect how usable the machine is going to be for the >everyday user? I don't really think so. Just because Microsoft makes a ton of >money does it follow that their solution will be the best? When you >have a choke hold on the industry you can pretty much put out what you want >and people will buy it. >I wouldn't count the Mac out just yet. I think all of the hype over >windows95 is >just that. I been using Macs and PC's for years and the PC's running windows >always crashed more often, were more difficult to configure and held their value >for a shorter amount of time than the Macs. There has been a lower intial >price for PC's for a long time but you usually get what you pay for. >Windows95 is just a stopgap for NT anyway. Microsoft is just softening you up, >getting you prepared by forcing you to upgrade to a faster machine with more > RAM.... >> >>Mark >>-- >>Mark Robinson mrobin@stallion.jsums.edu >> >>Bill Gates says that all the bugs in Win95 will be fixed. >>After Windows 95 causes at least 100,000 suicides! >-- Oh jeez. I'm not getting into the mac/pc fight. I just think the usual tired put out by both sides using the fact that we need to upgrade our hardware to be short(hind)sighted. I have upgraded hardware every single dos version change ever. I started back in dos 3 days on a 8088. Ever since, I have been upgrading various pieces of hardware. It doesn't matter, and isn't because of the new os's I am now doing it, it's because the level of technological advances have made it necessary to try and keep up. My 586-120 is great now, with 32mb, but in 6 months, I'm sure I'll have a p-pro with 64mb. Chris Campbell campbellc@mail.internext.com