Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.misc:285 comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:278 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: How do we change the scheduler? (Was Re: Multitasking at home...) Message-ID: <42459@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 13 Jan 91 04:41:20 GMT References: <17210@cbmvax.commodore. <7504@sugar.hackercorp.com> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Reply-To: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 28 In article <7504@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >No problem. Just demonstrate that his machine doesn't behave exactly like an >Amiga. Cut it down to 512K and watch it crash. Start up more thana couple The average Mac user knows less about the Amiga than the average Amiga user knows about the Mac. Be that as it may, you can run a Mac 512k, and even do task switching on it. >of applications in a 2 Meg machine. Ask why the mouse is moving funny. Have him I can start up a _bunch_ of apps on a 2 meg Mac (I just have to be selective about what I launch). >try to do anything useful while formatting a disk. Ask him why he can't run Yeah, that is a substantial criticism. I mean really, how OFTEN do you need to format a disk? It is nifty to be able to do so and run another task, but it just as easy to format a bunch at once and then go back to work. >multifinder on a Mac Classic. Get a new source for your Mac info. MultiFinder runs just fine on the Classic. When someone spreads misinformation about the competition, you begin to wonder how thoroughly they know their own machine. The Amiga already is an impressive bang/$ hunk of iron WITHOUT tilting the scales with caca spread about "the other guys".