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From: alan@pdn.UUCP (Alan Lovejoy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac Multitasking? Hee-hee!
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Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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In article <7115@g.ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
>
>Anyone that says "Multitasking would not be useful on a Mac anyway"
>has obviously not used an Amiga for any length of time!  It's awfully
>nice to be able to unarc and look through sources while the transfer
>of another is going on.  And all the while, a 24 hour raytrace is
>making good use of those extra cpu cycles.  I do it all the time.
>Of course, if you never have because your computer can't do it, you
>probably don't know what you're missing.
>
>Vive la Amiga!
>
Having used both the Mac and the Amiga, I feel competent to comment on
this.

Multitasking on the Amiga is DEFINITELY useful.  

The type of program that could make effective use of multitasking on
the Mac is not commonly available.  Most Mac programs expect to interact
with the user--including those that on the Amiga are written to detect
whether they are running in foreground or background and act
accordingly.  Until Mac programs have had a chance to take multitasking
into account, its utility on the Mac is considerably less than on the
Amiga.  Of course, the same obtains on most microsystems (e.g, the MSDOS
systems) to varying degrees.

--Alan "Wants a Mac II, works on a PC's LTD 386, owns a Stride" Lovejoy