Fifty Reasons
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50 Reasons To Use OS/2 2.1
- Preemptive Multitasking.
- 32-bit Operating System
- DOS and Windows 3.1 Support
- Better memory management than both DOS and Windows 3.1 combined.
- Built-in programming language REXX.
- More customizable than Windows
- Doesn't need DOS to run. Does away with DOS overhead.
- Faster printing than Windows 3.1
- Crash Protection
- Good networking capabilities
- Virus resistant
- Choice of FAT or HPFS file system
- HPFS is faster than FAT
- A new release of OS/2 at least once a year.
- OS/2 2.1 is currently outselling Windows 3.1
- There will most likely be an OS/2 for CHICAGO in the future.
- Comes with plenty of productive applications
- OS/2 has a great BBS for its support. (919)517-0001
- Each session in OS/2 is separate from the other, therefore providing "true" crash protection.
- IBM has included full support for the handicapped in OS/2 2.1
- Good multimedia software included
- Runs any DOS and Windows programs
- Lots of good-looking bitmaps for background.
- OS/2 uses virtual memory, which means more memory than you actually have on your system.
- A full line of Lotus(tm) products. (IBM just renewed their contract with Lotus.)
- Power PC support, which OS/2 will eventually be the main operating system of the Power PC.
- Better security than Windows 3.1
- OS/2 was here before Windows was.
- OS/2 2.1 has won "Operating System Of The Year" award by all the major trade magazines.
- The design of OS/2 is very productive, and has been proven more productive than Windows in lab tests by all the major computer magazines.
- Support For Micro Channel Architecture.
- Support For PCMCIA
- Team OS/2 is a good organization for OS/2 advocacy.
- Has a good solitaire and chess program.(both with cheat features)
- 2.88 mb disk drive support
- Corel Draw for OS/2
- Norton Commander For OS/2
- Gammatech Utilities for OS/2 HPFS & FAT (like Norton Utilities)
- Lots of good shareware for OS/2
- Full 16450 and 16550 support.
- Faster communications under OS/2 than under DOS or Windows
- Good floptical disk support.
- It's a better, more secure programming platform than Windows 3.1
- OS/2 does all its own caching, giving itself more control over your system.
- Run winapps seamlessly from the desktop.
- More international support for OS/2 because of all of IBM's locations.
- OS/2=Three For The Price Of One
- Stacker For OS/2
- Borland C++ For OS/2
- The OS/2 logo just looks nice!