![]() ![]() "If in the future there is a significant number of users who want to use another operating system, we will try to support it," said IBM's Sipples. "Windows 95 will run the hundreds and soon to be thousands of Windows 95 applications-applications that people will want to work with-and Warp won't," said Berst of the Windows Solutions Conference. When it does emerge, countless software vendors are expected to come out with upgrades to take advantage of its 32-bit features. Installed with all options, Warp takes about 75 megabytes of hard disk space, though about half of that is optional features-generic word processor, database, information manager, spreadsheet, communications and Internet access programs (some users say these are worth the price), plus desktop video-conferencing software that requires extra hardware.Īs for how much RAM is required, sources agreed that if you were happy with the speed of your Windows applications with four megabytes (considered the minimum for productive use) you'll be happy with Warp's speed-but you'd probably be happier with eight or 16 megabytes.īut, there remains one cloud on the Warp's horizon-Windows 95. The "red" version is for those who have Windows or don't want to run it it lists for $129. ![]() The "blue" version includes Microsoft Windows it lists for $199. Warp comes in two versions, said Rob Crawley, spokesman for IBM's Personal Software Products group in Austin, Texas. We offer an NT-based accounting system, and no one has wanted to buy it yet-they buy the Windows version for smaller companies and the OS/2 version for bigger companies." "OS/2 was supposed to be dead, but now outsells Windows NT (the high-end version of Windows) 10 to 1. "Everything that has been promised in the trade press for Windows 95 to be able to do, we have been able to do for the last couple of years with OS/2," Ellingsen noted. Those who have made the switch to Warp just shrug. "I tried it with Windows, running two lines on the BBS while doing work in the foreground, and it was laughable-I had problems with the machine locking up and rebooting," he said.īut the word from Microsoft is that Windows 95, intended for release last year, will do everything Warp does in terms of preemptive multitasking and 32-bit operations. The alternative was having one machine per line. out of his home, Cook found he could attach six BBS phone lines to one machine running Warp. Running a bulletin-board system called Greater Chicago Online!! BBS and a marketing company called Greater Chicago Marketing Services Inc. "My 11-year-old son has been using it for homework and finds it easier to use than the Macintosh he uses at school," he added.īesides headaches, you also can save on hardware with Warp, reported Bill Cook of Lansing. ![]()
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