I ran Warp 3 on top of a 486-DX/50 for years, and yeah it ran pretty well.
As for Warp 3 being more popular, I'm guessing it's for one of two reasons:
- Most people who bought OS/2 bought Warp 3. There was a bit of a spell where noone knew what was happening with Chicago, and OS/2 provided pretty much what Windows 95 would end up offering in the long run (and sometimes it did it better). When Warp 4 came out, it was way over priced.
- Warp 4 doesn't seem to offer much. If you install the last FixPak, you will pretty much get all of the bug fixes and design changes that came in Warp 4. And Warp 4 requires so much more hardware. In the long run, it turned out that very little software needed Warp 4 anyway (for obvious reasons).
As for Warp 3 being more popular, I'm guessing it's for one of two reasons:
- Most people who bought OS/2 bought Warp 3. There was a bit of a spell where noone knew what was happening with Chicago, and OS/2 provided pretty much what Windows 95 would end up offering in the long run (and sometimes it did it better). When Warp 4 came out, it was way over priced.
- Warp 4 doesn't seem to offer much. If you install the last FixPak, you will pretty much get all of the bug fixes and design changes that came in Warp 4. And Warp 4 requires so much more hardware. In the long run, it turned out that very little software needed Warp 4 anyway (for obvious reasons).