[comp.os.os2.misc] Do I need DELL's OS/2

qpfa@quads.uchicago.edu (andrea l morris) (03/29/91)

     I have a  DELL 310 on which I am running a copy of OS/2 v 1.1 purchased
from DELL and would like to upgrade the operating system.  I purchased both
OS/2 v 1.0 and v 1.1 from DELL at full price.  Before making each purchase I
was told that an upgrade would be available at a reduced price, but I was
never offered a reduced price.  When I brought v 1.1, I was told that no 
upgrade from v 1.0 was being offered.  I do not want to pay full price for
another upgrade and would like to buy a generic copy.  Probably Microsoft's OS/2
would work best.  Does anyone have any experience with running a non-DELL
supplied copy of OS/2, either the IBM version or the Microsoft version, on a 
DELL computer?  Is the only difference between the version supplied by 
Microsoft and the version supplied by DELL the extensions to DOS? 

     Please send any information to qpfa@midway.uchicago.edu.

     Thank you, Andrea Morris

qpfa@quads.uchicago.edu (andrea l morris) (04/03/91)

Thanks to all who responded to this article.

One person reported having trouble with a floppy drive under a non-DELL OS/2.
Several people had no troubles at all.

Andrea