What is the difference between OS 3.1 and OS 3.5? Is it a big differences? Is it really worth upgrading to this newer version? Thanks.
Barney
I pre-ordered 3.5 originally and never regretted it. You do need a modestly expanded system to really appreciate it though. However, if you have the required specs to run 3.5, you are probably better off going the whole hog and getting 3.9.
A few general improvements of 3.9 over 3.1:
Updated user interfaces (based on Reaction, which is an evolution of ClassAct), improved icon set.
Updated workbench. Has asynchronous delete/copy/rename, arexx port, find tool, smooth scrolling of window contents etc.
Improved HD support. Drives greater than 4GB are supported (your WB partition needs to be in the first 4GB though).
TCP/IP stack included.
Most of the preference editors, tools and utilities have been updated.
It's possible to get 3.1 updated to include most of these features, but you are talking about a lot of 3rd party hacks and patches and the stability issues those imply.
In order to install 3.5 or 3.9 you'll need a working CD drive.
