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From: jal@acc.flint.umich.edu (John Lauro)
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Subject: Re: Multitaskers (Does Windows 3.0 multi-task?)
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Date: 19 Dec 90 21:22:35 GMT
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In article <1990Dec19.180746.29082@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> banko@lisboa.tmc.edu (Brad Banko) writes:
>Does Windows 3.0 actually multi-task?  That is, can several programs actually
>be running simultaneously as under multifinder on the Mac?
>

Yes Windows 3.0 does actually multi-task.  In fact, you don't even need
version 3.0 of windows to multi-task.

As to multifinder on the Mac, the answer is no.  If you run something
that takes awhile to finish you get to look at the watch and have to wait
for it to finish.  You can not switch to a different application while
the other one is busy.  (With some exceptions depending on what the
other program is doing.)