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From: johno@cbmvax.commodore.com (John Orr - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Multifinder - Just the Facts, man.
Keywords: Macs, uh-oh
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Date: 2 May 90 15:15:33 GMT
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Reply-To: johno@cbmvax (John Orr - CATS)
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In article <43785@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> sl195091@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Andy Hartman) writes:
>
>Now, I'm no expert on the hardware of the Amiga, but I DO know that I can
>be downloading a program AND writing a paper at the same time so I can
>run 2 programs simultaneously.  Maybe is is time-sharing like UNIX  but I 
>don't really care.  As far as I'm concerned (and care...) the Amiga DOES
>multitask.
>AMH
>
It is possible for Mac applications to be able to multitask well
enough under multifinder to actually perform downloads and run a word
processor at the same time, the only problem is that under the Mac OS,
applications have to actively give up the CPU.  Many Mac applications
do not give up enough (or any) CPU time for other tasks to be able to
do much of anything.  The ability to multitask reasonably well is
completely dependant upon the applications running at the moment.  To
multitask well on a Mac requires careful selection of applications.  On
the other hand, the Amiga's OS takes care of multitasking, so, in
general, applications have little 'say' in whether or not they get
swapped out or not (of course you realize this explanation is somewhat
simplified). 


>* Andy Hartman       | I'd deny half of this crap anyway!|        ///  
>* Indiana University |-----------------------------------|       ///   
>*   	 	     |  sl195091@silver.ucs.indiana.edu  |   \\\///
>*  	   	     |   AMHARTMA@rose.ucs.indiana.edu   |    \XX/ 


--John