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OS/2's biggest issue was pricing. OS/2 was $200 per PC and you could only get it with an IBM PS/2. So if you were buying a clone, it would come with DOS + Windo
by indymike 5y ago
OS/2's biggest issue was pricing. OS/2 was $200 per PC and you could only get it with an IBM PS/2. So if you were buying a clone, it would come with DOS + Windows and then you could buy OS/2. In 1994, IBM finally went for a broader market with OS/2 Warp. It was marketed as a better Windows than Windows 3.11... and it was. Then Windows 95 happened. Any thoughts of switching to OS/2 died with Windows 95.
- jandrese 5y agoOS/2 Warp was a day late and a dollar short. It had a weird multitasking thing where misbehaving apps could lock up the OS like Windows 3.11, even though they claimed it was better. I found the interface to be somewhat unintuitive as well.
- yyyk 5y agoSIQ was eventually fixed but way too late for the fix to matter.