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From: mings@comix.cs.uoregon.edu (Ming Yau So)
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Subject: Preemtive/Cooperative multitasking (Re: All about sys 7.0 <long>)
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Date: 29 Mar 91 02:07:30 GMT
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In article <0B010004.4k8s8a@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP writes:
>In article <91085.161852EHYOUNK@MTUS5.BITNET>, EHYOUNK@MTUS5.BITNET writes:
>> 
>> I completly agree with the statement that Mac OS should have prementive
>> multitasking.. Multifinder is a joke, they is no way to download from a modem
>> while running another app. Here are some other problems.
>
>What comm program are you using?  All the ones I've used allow this
>without any trouble at all.  Even those who don't like MultiFinder
>say things like "besides downloading, what's it good for..."
>
>If your comm program doesn't do this switch to one that does, there
>are many to choose from.

   [ stuff deleted ]

I am not the original poster, but here is an example.  Use any of your
favorite comm. software to download a file, then switch to Finder, and
copy a floppy.  What do you think will happen ?  The download fails !

Don't get me wrong, I like my Mac and MF (at least MF gives you some degree
of mulyitasking which is totally lacking in MS-DOS).  However, I feel
preemtive multitasking is better than cooperative multitasking.  It is true
that a foregroung task maybe very irresponsive when you are using a public
machine, because you cannot assign a higher priority to the foreground job.
But the situation is differet on your Mac, because (most of the time) you are
the only user of your Mac, you are the system adminitrator of your Mac !  So
you can assign the priorities to the jobs as you like.  Therefore I don't
think preemtive multitasking would bring any inconvenience to a Mac user,
indeed, it gives the user more controls.

Well, this is just my personal opinion, please no flame.
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