Dear David,
On 30 Nov 99, at 21:15, David Ball wrote:
> Sorry for the off-topic post--but the depth of knowledge I've
encountered on
> this list is impressive enough for me to want to post this question
to the
> list directly.
Actually, I would say that this is on-topic; you're attempting to
keep an older PC going...
> This is the question: would Windows 3.11 be better suited for my needs than
> Win 95? I currently run a Pentium 100mhz box w/16 megs of
> RAM. This unit currently has Windows 95 as the primary OS on one
> partititon, with DOS on another. I use Windows 95 primarily for web
> browsing and some word processing on my Lexmark inkjet printer. I use DOS
> for the rest of my needs.
>
> Win95 will constantly swap out to the HD, which is irritating. Still, I am
> able to surf the Web and read my email simultaneously. Will I be able to
> get better performance using Win 3.11 to perform similar tasks? It would
> save me a great deal of disk space, something that is of importance as well.
>
> I don't believe in upgrading if a current OS/software combination will meet
> my needs amply. It seems to me that given my current hardware setup, Win
> 3.XX *might* be a better choice--I just wanted some confirmation from
> readers on this list.
We have a dozen or so PCs with this configuration, here at my
workplace. We've experimented with Win95 and Win3.11 on them,
and have come to the following conclusions:
A) Win95 will run okay IF you have 32MB+ of RAM in the system.
It won't be blazingly fast, but it will be acceptable, esp. if you use
an older browser, or Opera.
B) Otherwise, Win3.11 runs quite quickly, since it has so much
less overhead compared to Win95.
Anthony J. Albert
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