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From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: All about sys 7.0 <long>
Message-ID: <12802@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 91 18:23:30 GMT
References: <1991Mar26.174540.8425@xn.ll.mit.edu> <1991Mar27.163059.27061@fwi.uva.nl>
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
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In article <1991Mar27.163059.27061@fwi.uva.nl> freek@fwi.uva.nl (Freek Wiedijk) writes:
>The mac is not multitasking iff it is showing a watch cursor.

Strictly speaking, that's not true.  The watch cursor indicates that the
application isn't accepting input, but that doesn't mean it isn't yielding
the CPU.  The 7.0 Finder displays the watch cursor while copying files, yet
other tasks continue to run, and you can switch to other applications.

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