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From: ngg@bridge2.UUCP (Norman Goodger)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Multitasking Considered Useless?
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Date: Wed, 6-Aug-86 19:35:08 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug  6 19:35:08 1986
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> I've been programming on Macs and Lisas for a long time now.  What do I
> spend my time doing mostly? No, not typing in code, no, not debugging  I
> spend most of my time watching the stupid machine compile things.  I could
> be doing thousands of better and more interesting things if the damn thing
> could compile in the background!  But NO, the Mac's operating system is so
> brain damaged, and the hardware is so "un-there", that this is just
> impossible.
> 
> 
> Oh well, all this flaming aside, I really do like the Mac.  It's a great
> little box. But it could be a lot better.
> 
>	Come on lets get serious, You are all trying to compare a $1500
	Computer with the processing power of a mini or mainframe. Sure
	Multi-tasking would be nice, sure it would be nice to have it
	print several documents while you communicate with a BBS or 
	whatever. The Mac was never designed to be what you are trying
	to Make it, future Macs may be a totally different story, but stop
	jumping on the MAC to do things it was never designed or able to
	do. If you want multi-tasking on your Mac...get more than one!!!
	The Mac in comparsion to other Computers is the best buy for its
	software and power over the competition in its range..lets leave
	the Vaxes and minis out of it....
							Norm Goodger
							Bridge Communications
							Sysop-MacInfo BBS
							415-795-8862