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OS/2 Warp was out before Windows 95, and better.
by tvaughan 6mo ago
OS/2 Warp was out before Windows 95, and better.
- pjmlp 6mo agoIf we ignore the fact that it required 1000 euros more in additional hardware, thus most folks went with DOS/Windows 3.x instead, and when Windows 95 came around it was already too late for adoption.
- hamburglar 6mo agoTo pick a nit, I highly doubt you bought your OS/2 hardware with euros. :D
- pjmlp 6mo agoIf I used Escudos it would be useless for the folks reading my comment.
- hamburglar 6mo agoIt’s ok. The pedantry was unavoidable.
- mikestorrent 6mo agoNot so, now I know the pre-EU denomination of Portguese currency
- Shebanator 6mo agoExactly: it depends on what you mean by "better". OS/2 had a much more modern basis, but: * it was painful to program compared to Windows * it required a lot more hardware (and thus money) to achieve the same level of performance. * the UI was terrible
- tobinfricke 6mo agoI ran OS/2 Warp and was a fan of it... But to say that it was simply "better" than Windows 95 is a bridge too far. It had its strengths (rock solid multitasking) but also plenty of rough edges.
- tensor 6mo agoHonestly any OS with real multi-tasking, real security, and real memory protection was better than Windows 95 (and 98). OS/2 was better. BeOS was better. Linux was better. Windows NT was better.
- markus_zhang 6mo agoIt was just the games were on 95.