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- From: innuendo@execpc.com (Jonathan Gapen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
- Subject: Re: Amiga Multitasking...yawn
- Date: 1 Mar 1996 02:02:59 GMT
- Organization: esCom Amiga Madison Enthusiast's Organisation
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- In article <4h4qtn$96v@cloner3.netcom.com> trreco@ix.netcom.com(Jonathan Pitt ) writes:
- > Hello Amigians,
- >
- > PC-weeNEE here....I have been a PC user for VERY long time. Since the
- > Amiga came out I always interested. I got one now, an A500 1 meg chip,
- > 2megs Fast, WB 2.05, 250megHD .
-
- Yikes! I'm no longer impressed by such a setup, probably because I'm
- spoiled by an '030. I still use a 68000 most days at work, it's good enough
- for running Ensemble Verbes.
-
- > Soooo why is Amiga Multitaking better than Win 3.11 or any other OS.
- > Amiga is fast and tasks full advantage of it's resources , but the
- > multitasking is just not that great. Unless it could copy a file, print
- > a page of text, and render an image. That would blow WinDOZE, System 7
- > away as far as multitasking. Thanks in advance for setting me straight!
-
-
- You must realize here that Workbench is *not* the entire operating system.
- Workbench does not give you an accurate picture of the power of the operating
- system. Try Directory Opus 5, which can look very much like Workbench, but is
- fully multi-threaded, so you don't have to wait for file copying to finish.
- Try this some time: Start printing and rendering *before* copying a file
- using the Workbench. Both will continue in the background while you stare at
- the busy pointer. But wait! You don't have to stare at the busy pointer! If
- you have other programs running, just switch over and use them.
- Nope, this ain't Win-doze, a busy pointer doesn't mean that the system has
- stopped accepting input....
-
- --
- Jonathan Gapen (innuendo@yar.cs.wisc.edu)
- Bread in, toast out. How does it DO that?
-