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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Comparing computers (was: Mac Multitasking? Hee-hee!)
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Date: Tue, 25-Aug-87 17:02:54 EDT
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In article <4026@osu-eddie.UUCP> elwell%tut.cis.ohio-state.edu@osu-eddie.UUCP (Clayton Elwell) writes:
.Most of the time, I get more tangible benefits from the thought that
.went into the design of the Mac (and its software) than I do out of
.the multitasking that's present on every other machine I use.  To pick
.an example out of a hat, my C compiler is so fast that I don't have
.time to fire up a terminal emulator and download a file while it's
.compiling.

Yeah, but is your download so fast that you don't have time to fire up
your C compiler while it's downloading?

Keith Doyle
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