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From: n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu (Brent Burton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: give me solid facts: why is the mac better than MeSsy DOS/WINDOWS
Keywords: multitasking
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Date: 1 Mar 91 21:06:08 GMT
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In article <17106@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> aard@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Anthony C. Ard) writes:
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>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,
  no flames, just a question.
  While your machine was cranking away multitasking all this stuff, was it
  able to actually get anything done? :-)  (besides switch tasks?)

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             | Brent P. Burton      | n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu   |
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