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From: spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky)
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Subject: Re: How do I increase "Free system resources"
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Date: 12 Dec 90 00:49:49 GMT
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In article <1990Dec11.152056.18243@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rb9a@watt.acc.Virginia.EDU (Raul Baragiola) writes:
> If I want
>to run something fast (like a simulation) I have to go out of Windows, 
>loosing its multitasking ability. This doesn't have to be like that, it
>should be possible to use 80% of the CPU for the simulation in the
>background and share 20% for word processing, printer spooling and 
>communications.

Why can't you do that?

Joel Spolsky