Re: APPLE LISA 2

[bjblackbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major)]

Rick Hatton <hattonr@aug.com> wrote:

> KCUF airmaster <airmaster@KCUF.org> wrote:
> 
> > Yes, but only the PC does it.  The Mac isn't stable enough 
> >to multitask anyhow.
> 
> 
> My Mac is quite stable. My Mac uses cooperative multitasking, as opposed
> to pre-emptive. It is my understanding that the stabililty of the system
> in cooperative multitasking has a great deal to do with the application
> coding. Code properly, and the cooperative multitasking works well.
> .. and the Mac dos have an OS that the memory do-dads that windows 95 is
> supposed to have... Linux.
> 
> Rick

Agreed.  And the above remarks "but only the PC does it" applies *only*
when you are talking about certain OSs on the PC anyhow, not what's used
by the mainstream users.  Bottom line is that the PC can multitask well
when it's using certain OSs *as can the Mac* (using either Linux or the
Be OS).


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