What advantage is it to use Windows for Workgroups 3.11 as opposed to Windows 3.1?
Windows for Workgroups (WFW) has several advantages over generic Windows. It has 32-bit disk and file access, which should give you better throughput to the hard drive and slight increases in system speed. WFW includes several 32-bit miniapps that allow application windows to talk directly to the hard drive and transfer files through a 32-bit path. This provides significant performance improvements. The most important advantage is the Microsoft TCP/IP-32 stack software for WFW. This coupled with the enhanced mode NDIS3 drivers provides a 32-bit data path to the network adapter. This is a must for passing video. Installing and configuring WFW coupled with the Microsoft TCP/IP-32 stacks is very easy and painless. Setting up the PC for networking is painless. Remember that if you are loading the network drivers and stacks software from DOS, (AutoExec and Config files), these are real-mode-only and will not support video.
