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From: brtmac@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu (Brett McCoy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: SPARCstation 2 --> workstation wars
Message-ID: <1990Oct20.050207.1910@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu>
Date: 20 Oct 90 05:02:07 GMT
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In <1990Oct20.025628.11602@midway.uchicago.edu> gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:

>The Mac also has multi-tasking.  It is cooperative multitasking, not
>pre-emptive.  I know which one you prefer -- and there are good reasons for
>that --  but they ARE both multitasking.  If you disagree with that, please
>direct followups to comp.sys.vm.here.we.go.again. 

I know that the multifinder exists and I've played with it a little bit
and for the most part it seems to work.  I haven't done much more than
just play so I can't pass judgement on it.

>One other thing the Mac OS doesn't have: protected memory.  That seems to me
>to be more important than pre-emptive multitasking.

Protected memory is a must for a good pre-emtive multitasking system to
work, especially if people writing the code aren't worrying about following
all of the guidlines.

>Of course you can always run A/UX and get all of the above goodies, even w/o
>waiting for 7.0.  But of course you wouldn't, 'cause Apple is Evil and Steve
>is God, right? :->

There is the problem of the price of A/UX, especially when you add it to the
cost of a IIci or IIfx.  You can go out an buy a SPARC loaded to the hilt
for what a basic A/UX system costs.  Besides, do all of the Mac programs
un under A/UX, and does the Mac retain all of its GUI functions when running
A/UX?  (This is really a question, I don't know the answer)
--
Every day you scream at me to turn the music low.
But if you keep on screaming, you'll make me deaf, ya know. -- Judas Priest

Brett McCoy	brtmac@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu	NetNews Dictator