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From: brian@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Brian Hoffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Windows 3.0
Summary: wrongo
Message-ID: <1990Jun28.050337.7529@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 28 Jun 90 05:03:37 GMT
References: <4085@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <1018@ashton.UUCP> <4100@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
Reply-To: brian@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Brian Hoffman)
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <4100@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> iain@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au writes:
>tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts) writes:
>
>>In article <4085@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> iain@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au writes:
>>>There's been a fair bit of noise made in the media recently about the
>>>release of Windows 3.0. One MicroSoft high-flyer even suggested that
>>>EVERYONE currently running Dos would eventually run Windows 3.0. What
>>>does Windows have to offer me? 
>
>>A graphical user interface, multi-tasking, and one real cool game
>>of solitaire!   :-)
>
>  Multi-tasking? I don't think so. From what I understand Windows gives
>  you pseudo-multi-tasking but the context switching process is the
>  user! Hardly what I'd call multi-tasking. 
>
>  Iain.

Try understanding a little more.  Windows 3.0 on a 386 machine gives true
multitasking.  You Unix people don't believe anything is running in the 
background unless you can type the darn '&'.

However, Windows 3.0 does not do 'true' multitasking when running in 
the 'Standard' or 'Real' modes (i.e. not 386 enhanced mode).

RTFM.


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