Re: OS2 Warp vs Win95

[Carl Distefano CLDistefano@xxxxxxxx]

Reply to note from "Daniel L. De Hainaut"
 Thu, 16 Apr 1998 21:28:05 -0400

-> Still, the prospect of 75% of my new hardware horsepower
-> getting soaked up as OS overhead irritates me, and the thought
-> of actually going to a SLP (stupid little pictures) interface
-> sickens me. Hearing from others of a curmudgeonly bent who've
-> graduated from DOS is a source of comfort and inspiration.

One of the attractive features of OS/2 from a curmudgeonly POV is
that the "stupid little pictures" (read Desktop) are entirely
optional. You just comment out a line in CONFIG.SYS and -- poof! --
bye-bye Desktop. You're back to the good old command-driven
interface, but with all the 32-bit, multitasking power still in
place. (If need be, you can load the Desktop mid-session by -- what
else? -- typing a command.) Also, if you want a GUI but lower
overhead, there are 3d-party alternatives. I hardly every use the
Desktop (though I still load it) since I got hold of a nifty little
GUI called Program Commander/2 -- small, clean and user-
configurable.

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