In-Reply-To: <01BA279D.3CD2B2E0@jeremy.ing.com>
Message-Id: 
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Sender: owner-online-news@marketplace.com
Precedence: bulk
Status: RO
X-Status: 


On Sun, 21 May 1995, Jeremy Allaire wrote:

> I've been running comfortably at 8 MB or RAM.  All new computers ship at that
> level, and that is decent for a OS with the capabilities of Win95.
> Granted, it is a big lie that it will run under 4 MB.  

I am replying to this message from the comfort of Windows 95, which I'm
running on my two-year-old Compaq laptop with just 4 MB to keep it happy.
It can't do all its Stupid Operating System Tricks. But good old Windows
3.1 had its limitations at 4 meg. And I like some of the system's most
basic features enough that the switch has been worthwhile. 

Windows 95 also runs much better than OS/2 did when I experimented with
its last two incarnations -- both of which promised they could make do
with 4 MB. And Windows 95 was much easier to install than OS/2, as Jeremy
noted later in his message. 

I realize that comparing operating systems on a list like this is like 
talking about religion at a table full of strangers. And I also realize 
that this discussion may be a bit off-topic. My apologies on both counts.

Mark Stencel
mstencel@nando.net
The News & Observer

From owner-online-news@marketplace.com Thu May 11 15:57:36 1995
Received: from marketplace.com by cnj.digex.net with SMTP id AA21306
  (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Thu, 11 May 1995 15:57:33 -0400
Received: (from majordom@localhost) by marketplace.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA09925 for online-news-outgoing; Thu, 11 May 1995 10:54:13 -0600
Received: from nic.cerf.net (root@nic.cerf.net [192.102.249.3]) by marketplace.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA09909 for ; Thu, 11 May 1995 10:54:07 -0600