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 REQUIRED DATE- ASAP          USER PRIORITY WEIGHT-  25    RANKING-  0007
 DATE RECEIVED- APR 21, 1997  REQUEST STANDING  - REVIEW   AS OF- JUN 16, 1997
                              TYPE- MOD/IMP

 DESCRIPTION-

        Having an OS/2 Warp Home Edition is not just a marketing
        issue, it involves technical details of the OS/2 Warp 4.0 Client
        product itself.  The following suggestions are slight mods to
        the OS/2 Warp 4.0 Client which, taken cumulatively, could qualif
        as a "Home Edition" version of OS/2 Warp.  This data is based on
        my three years of experience preloading OS/2 Warp for the home
        and SOHO markets.

        1.  Include the Netscape Navigator for OS/2 on the main OS/2 CD
            and as an installation option.  NOT default, for
            significant numbers of home users fear the Net.  Include a
            pre-configured HTM bookmark file with the Web's best
            OS/2-related sights, the popular search engines, and the
            type of Web locations in the current Warp 4 Web sites
            folder.  Pre-configure the bookmark by type of company or
            product so that it is neat and orderly.

        2.  Related to #1, have an IBM Web Site with OS/2 basics and
            tutorials and examples how to do such things as:  change the
            default background image; install a Windows application;
            delete some old files using the Shredder - add a new
            printer.  Place the pointer to this Web site in the most
            prominent position in the Bookmarks.

        3.  Change the default desktop icon set so that DOS Full screen
            and Windows Full screen appear as main icons.  So many home
            users want to load DOS and Windows apps that they should not
            have to hunt for these features.

        4.  Change the default DOS and Windows session properties as
            follows:

            - WIN RUN MODE to Enhanced 3.1
            - DDE ON
            - CLIPBOARD ON
            - FILES=100
            - INT DURING IO  ON
            - HW TIMER  ON
            - XGA IO TRAP  OFF
            - XMS MEMORY to 4098

            These settings tend to reflect the needs of the vast
            majority of DOS and Windows 3.1 applications available
            today, as well as matching the typical hardware
            configurations

        5.  Installation should have two main paths:
            LAN or non-LAN installation, to both simplify the
            installation as well as make the performance of home
            machines a little better.

        6.  A David Barnes video should be included in every box so that
            happy OS/2 users can show their friends how to install the
            OS/2 and how to use it.

        7.  IBM driver developers should go to the LA County Fairgrounds
            Computer Fair, held monthly, and buy two of each adapter
            card being sold there.  OS/2 drivers should be included on
            the main CD to automatically detect each of these cards.
            These are the mass-produced Chinese models flooding the
            market.

        8.  A list of OS/2 User Groups and contact information should be
            in every retail box of OS/2 Warp.

        9.  Implement the "trapdoor to DOS" feature as a shutdown and
            reboot feature.  Bootup time is slow and this is the number
            one complaint I encounter with home users.

        10.  Fix the CHKDSK and HPFS so that they are faster.  In
             particular, allow CHKDSK to run on the booted partition so
             that using the boot diskettes is not required.  Thanks for
             this opportunity to contribute to your list!!

        ATTRIBUTES:

        MEDIUM Value
        Desired ASAP

        Submitted by:

        Tom Nadeau
        Pasadena, CA, USA
        VOICE Marketing Director
        os2headquarters@greenheart.com

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