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From: kocks@jessica.stanford.edu (Peter Kocks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT vs. Mac
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Date: 22 Oct 90 19:32:39 GMT
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In article <87ocR1w163w@questor.wimsey.bc.ca> aberno@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Anthony Berno) writes:

>At any given time, the Mac is doing only one thing at a time, while the
>NeXT has daemons and other applications busy in the background. They are
>actually doing useful things. If a Mac tried to do so many things at once
>(which it can't really do anyway, not being a multitasking computer)
>it would be hopelessly bogged down.

Umm... Not to pick bones, but actually this is not true.  It is easy
to write programs which run in the background on the Mac ( just call
WaitNextEvent a few times).  The problem is that if the program
accidentally changes memory not in its domain, then you may have a
crashed mac on you hands.

>Window Server (notice how the WHOLE window moves when you drag it, not
>just the frame) ...

This is a neat feature, but is there a way to turn it off.  I would
much rather have the speed.

--Peter Kocks
  kocks@jessica.Stanford.EDU