Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!utcsscb!nick From: nick@utcsscb.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: New Macs Message-ID: <571@utcsscb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 5-Mar-87 20:28:42 EST Article-I.D.: utcsscb.571 Posted: Thu Mar 5 20:28:42 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 6-Mar-87 05:28:10 EST References: <8703032126.AA15825@cory.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: nick@utcsscb.UUCP (Nick Zehlena) Organization: Univ. of Toronto - Scarborough Campus "B" VAX Lines: 18 Summary: In article <8703032126.AA15825@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU.UUCP writes: > > The new Mac's look nice, if a bit overpriced. But since they don't >support full multi-tasking, Apple's *Bang* Sounds more like a feeble *pop*. >Frankly, I don't see the use of having a machine with the capacity for >MegaBytes of RAM if it can only run one application at a time (you can only >do so much with desk accessories). > > -Matt I always thought that Unix offered full multitasking. Admittly that is not the primary OS coming with the machine anybody putting the full 8megs of ram onto the motherboard or even going all the way to 2gigabytes of memory will want Unix. Nick