OS/2 (was AMD Bulldozer vs core i7-2600)

Ivan Avery Frey ivan.avery.frey-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Fri Oct 14 14:35:01 UTC 2011


On 14/10/11 8:29, James Knott wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>> NT could use multiple threads and cores just as well as OS/2.
>
> In NT, ever try copying a file to a floppy and then trying to do anything else?
> Compared to OS/2, NT's multitasking was pathetic.

Oh god! Don't remind me! Ever try formatting a disk in Win95? The difference 
between that and OS/2 was like the difference between night and day.

Defragmenting a drive in XP was another joy. The defragmentation would stop when 
I scrolled the graphical drive map.

Ivan
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