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From: aard@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Anthony C. Ard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: give me solid facts: why is the mac better than MeSsy DOS/WINDOWS
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Date: 1 Mar 91 18:13:30 GMT
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In article <29159@cs.yale.edu> favorini-francis@cs.yale.edu (Francis Favorini) writes:
>Things I like about Windows:
>	1) Better multi-tasking than Multifinder on the Mac.  I.e.
>	   regular programs can run in the background, not just
>	   print spoolers, etc.  (Note that I mean actually run, not
>	   just sit there as in Multifinder.)
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No flames, just a question.

What is multitasking really like in Windows? How is it better than
Multifinder?

One day, just to test MF's limits, I was downloading a file from my
Unix account, unstuffing a file with Compactor, unstuffing another
file with StuffIt Classic, calculating a fractal with MandelZot and
playing a rousing game of NetHack -- 5 applications running all at the
same time with no problems whatsoever. Isn't this multitasking?


- Anthony C. Ard