newbery@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Newbery) (12/07/87)
I just thought the Mac world might be interested in the following, especially in light of the debate about Hypercard/Multifinder (standard system software) hardware requirements. I just went to an IBM seminar on OS/2 (my boss made me :-() *MINUMUM* requirements to *RUN* OS/2 standard edition are: 2MB memory >15MB disk *MINIMUM* requirements to run OS/2 extended edition (LAN support etc.) are: 3MB memory >15MB disk. Another source suggests that 6MB memory is needed for decent performance from extended edition. By the way Apple, is Multifinder going to page sometime in the future? (As a SWITCHABLE OPTION, PLEASE!) -- Michael Newbery ACSnet: newbery@vuwcomp.nz UUCP: newbery@vuwcomp Une boule qui roule tue les poules. (Landslides kill chickens)
chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (12/07/87)
>I just thought the Mac world might be interested in the following, especially >in light of the debate about Hypercard/Multifinder (standard system software) >hardware requirements. >I just went to an IBM seminar on OS/2 (my boss made me :-() >*MINUMUM* requirements to *RUN* OS/2 standard edition are: > 2MB memory >15MB disk I didn't know that the IBM had 15 Megabyte floppy disks.... >By the way Apple, is Multifinder going to page sometime in the future? (As >a SWITCHABLE OPTION, PLEASE!) Not without an MMU it won't, so if it does happen, it'll only happen on the Mac II chuq --- Chuq "Fixed in 4.0" Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ
gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu (12/09/87)
The article on the cover of MacWeek 31 says computerland thinks it
will cost a minimum of $1500 to set up your machine to run OS/2. It's
fun to smash on vaporware, but actually you're just expending hot air
for no reason. I frankly would be VERY suprised if Microsoft can
release a product anywhere near the functionality of Apple's
system/finder. There are certain types of software that cannot be
written from scratch -- they must be *evolved*
Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
{gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}newbery@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Newbery) (12/11/87)
In article <76000063@uiucdcsp> gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu writes: >... It's fun to smash on vaporware, but ... AS the IBM types at the seminar were at pains to point out, OS/2 standard edition, release 1 is here NOW, it is not vapourware.:-) Of course the first version does lack some frills - like the Presentation Manager (Windows)! And THIS takes 2MB memory and 15MB "hard file". No argument about evolution, I agree totally. -- Michael Newbery ACSnet: newbery@vuwcomp.nz UUCP: newbery@vuwcomp Une boule qui roule tue les poules. (Landslides kill chickens)