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From: jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Multi-tasking
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Date: 3 Aug 89 15:57:20 GMT
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In article <30339@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, mitchell@janus.berkeley.edu (Evan Mitchell) writes:
> Somebody in the ST group stated that multitasking is useless on a home.
> without trying to start a war I posted that for most Amiga users, Technical
> as well as non-technical (me) I believe multitasking on a home computer has
> become second nature.  For me, it makes sense to be able to run Dpaint III and
> say "oops, I forgot to listen to that new Sonix score!" boot up and run Sonix,
> and say, "oops, I forgot I need to label my disks!", boot up the label program
> and .....:-)!!
> 
> Is multi-tasking second nature for most Amiga users?
> 
> -Evan

I have had an Amiga for about 2 years. I have recently had to use Macintoshes
at work. It is, to be brief, painful. Even more irritating than the lack of
multitasking is the fact that it takes ages to switch between
(non-multitasking) windows. It's hard to explain what is so nice about it.
Maybe being able to format a disk while I wait for something to download. Maybe
being able to copy disks while I do whatever else I want. Maybe it is being
able to write a review of a piece of software on the Amiga while actually
looking at and using the piece of software. It's not something that you
couldn't do with four or five machines. But it sure is convenient.
-- 
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